Section 6 — Immigration Act 2009: How periods of time to be calculated

6 How periods of time to be calculated (1) A period of time prescribed in this Act for the making of an application under the Act must be calculated excluding any day that is— (a) a public holiday or a Department holiday determined by the chief executive; and (b) not a Saturday or Sunday. (2) A period of time prescribed in this Act for the lodging of an appeal to the Tribunal must be calculated excluding— (a) any day that is— (i) a public holiday or a Department holiday determined by the chief executive; and (ii) not a Saturday or Sunday; or (b) if the Department is not the department referred to in clause 5 of Schedule 2 , any day that is a public holiday and not a Saturday or Sunday, and— (i) any day in the period beginning on 25 December in a year and ending on 2 January in the following year; and (ii) if 1 January falls on a Friday, the following Monday; and (iii) if 1 January falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday and Tuesday. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply for the purposes of calculating working days under section 194(2) or 195(3) .