[PW] An obscurity in Scottish Law

[Dan Clinton]

The act says:
3 Short title, commencement and extent
(1) This Act may be cited as the Term and Quarter Days (Scotland) Act 1990.

(2) This Act (except section 1(5) and (6) and this section) shall come into 
force at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which 
it is passed.

and since it's dated 13th July 1990, that would mean it took effect 1 Jan 
1991. Eh?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD" <pzi at ingerman.org>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:53 AM
Subject: [PW] An obscurity in Scottish Law


> This is for me, as a logical consequence of my passion for calendrics,
> but I have exhausted all of my resources, and haven't found an answer.
> Might there be a Womb at t who can help?
>
> The question:
>
> Prior to 1990, the "Scottish term days" were Feb 2, May 15, Aug 1, and
> Nov 11.
>
> However, apparently the Term & Quarter Days (Scotland) Act 1990
> redefined these to be Feb 28, May 28, Aug 28, and Nov 28.
>
> But nothing I've found defines the edge condition ... on what date did
> the new term dates come into effect? It makes a difference, in the sense
> that one term ... the one containing the change date ... will have to be
> either longer or shorter than normal, to make the adjustment.
>
> Yes, I know I'm obsessed ... but things like this do keep me up nights!
>
> Peter Ingerman
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