25.4 Determining The Beginning Or End Of Periods Of Years

• 25.4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the beginning or end of a period of one year or consecutive years, expressed in relation to a reference day, is to be determined as follows:

• (a) if the reference day is before the period, by going forward to and including the date numerically corresponding to the reference day in the same calendar month as the reference day in the year in which the period begins or ends, as the case may be;
• (b) if the reference day is after the period, by going backward to and including the date numerically corresponding to the reference day in the same calendar month as the reference day in the year in which the period begins or ends, as the case may be.

• (2) If a period described in subsection (1) is expressed as “clear” years or “at least” or “not less than” a number of years,

• (a) the beginning or end of the period, as determined under subsection (1)(a), is one day later, and
• (b) the beginning or end of the period, as determined under subsection (1)(b), is one day earlier.

• (3) If the beginning or end of a period determined under subsection (1) or subsections (1) and (2), as applicable, would be February 29 and February 29 does not occur in the year in which the period begins or ends, the period begins or ends, as the case may be, on February 28.

2018-5-3, effective January 1, 2019 (B.C. Reg. 272/2018).