David Grellscheid said: > The calendar-change legislation took care of that by moving the end date > of the tax year from the traditional quarter-day of March 25th to April 6th. > > Sadly, there was no Hansard yet to record the moment when the Lords > realised they would lose 12 days worth of rent otherwise.
Actually, if you read the legislation you can see that it made a careful effort to distinguish between things that happened after a period and things that happened on a named date, with the correct treatment for each. * Courts, councils, elections, and other events that are held on a named date stay on that named date. * Courts, councils, etc. that are held on a date defined relative to Easter follow the new Easter algorithm. * Just about everything else stays on the same natural day as it would otherwise have; in particular, fairs, markets, courts that are normally tied to them, certain specific courts, common land openings and closings, due dates of payments, birthdays, .... -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: cl...@davros.org | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646 _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
