Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Unless the contrary intention expressly appears, any period of time fixed by the Act or these Rules in relation to a proceeding or in any order in a proceeding shall be calculated in accordance with this rule.
(2) Where a time of one day or longer is to begin on, or be calculated from, a day or event, the day or the date of the event shall be excluded.
(3) Where a time of one day or longer is to end on, or be calculated to, a day or event, the day or date of the event shall be included.
(4) Where the last day for doing any act at the Tribunal is a day on which the Tribunal registry is closed, the act may be done on the next day the Tribunal registry is open.
(5) In calculating the time fixing, extending or abridging the time that any document must be lodged or filed with the Tribunal, a document that is lodged or filed after 4.00 p.m. or on any day that the Tribunal registry is closed is taken to have been lodged or filed on the next day the registry is open.
(6) Subrule (5) does not apply to an application to commence a proceeding or any other originating process.