2011-c.229 — Time Definition Act

s. 1 — Reckoning of time

R.S.1973, c.T-6, s.1; 1993, c.9, s.1; 2005, c.7, s.83; 2006, c.19, s.1

s. 1(1) — Reckoning of time

When an expression of time occurs in a statute, Act, enactment, law, Order in Council, rule of court, order, by-law, rule, regulation, deed or other instrument, enacted, executed or made before or after this Act, or when an hour or other period of time is stated orally or in writing, or a question as to a period of time arises, the time referred to or intended, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, shall be held to be the time reckoned under this Act.

s. 1(2) — Reckoning of time

Time shall be reckoned as four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.

s. 1(3) — Reckoning of time

Despite subsection (2), in each year during the period between 2 a.m. of the first Sunday in April and 2 a.m. of the last Sunday in October, time shall be reckoned as three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.

s. 1(4) — Reckoning of time

Despite subsections (2) and (3), in the year 2007 and in every subsequent year during the period between 2 a.m. of the second Sunday in March and 2 a.m. of the first Sunday in November, time shall be reckoned as three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.

s. 1(5) — Reckoning of time

Despite subsections (2), (3) and (4), the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing the period during which time shall be reckoned as three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and the year or years in which that period applies.

s. 2 — Interpretation of expressions of time

Unless it is otherwise specifically stated R.S.1973, c.T-6, s.2

s. 2(a) — Interpretation of expressions of time

(a) “month”, when it occurs or is stated as in section 1, means a calendar month, and

s. 2(b) — Interpretation of expressions of time

(b) “year”, when it occurs or is stated as in section 1, means a calendar year and shall be equivalent to the expression “Year of our Lord”.