Bill 12: Business Day Statute Law Amendment Act

This affects businesses incorporated or operating in the Northwest Territories under the Business Corporations Act, Consumer Protection Act, Judicature Act, and Mechanics Lien Act. Contractors and tradespeople filing mechanics liens, corporations managing shareholder or director deadlines, and businesses dealing with consumer protection timelines will all need to count Sundays as non-business days when calculating their legal deadlines. In practice, if a deadline or notice period falls on a Sunday, it now clearly rolls to the next business day. The change applies equally to solo operators and larger companies — what matters is that they work in construction, corporate administration, or consumer-facing industries in the NWT.