1 Whitsunday, Martinmas, Candlemas and Lammas
Term and Quarter Days (Scotland) Act 1990 (1990 c 22) | Legislation

1  Whitsunday, Martinmas, Candlemas and Lammas

(1)     For the purposes mentioned in subsection (2) below—

(a)     Whitsunday and Martinmas mean 28th May and 28th November respectively;

(b)     Candlemas and Lammas mean 28th February and 28th August respectively;

(c)     the term days shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be 28th May and 28th November; and

(d)     the quarter days shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be 28th February, 28th May, 28th August and 28th November.

(2)     The purposes referred to in subsection (1) above are the purposes of—

(a)     any enactment or rule of law;

(b)

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