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INTERPRETATION ACT - SECT 30

Reckoning of age

    (1)     In the reckoning of age of a person for the purposes of any Act, the person shall be taken to have attained a particular age on the relevant anniversary of his birth.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), where in an Act any reference is made to the anniversary of the birth of a person, that reference shall be read as a reference to the day on which the anniversary occurs.

    (3)     Where a person was born on 29 February in any year, then, in any subsequent year that is not a leap year, the anniversary of the birth of that person shall be deemed to be 28 February in that subsequent year.



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