In an administrative matter, how must a person's age be counted, and how must it be shown on the papers?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the paper recording the person's date of birth, such as a family register or birth record, the application form where the age is stated, and the text of any provision of another law or regulation the agency relies on as a special rule.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the main clause as the general rule for age in administrative matters: it is calculated as full age with the day of birth itself included, and expressed in years, so the age follows from the birth date rather than from the calendar year.
Another reading reads the proviso and the opening exception together: where the person has not yet reached the age the proviso names, the age may instead be expressed in months, and where another law or regulation provides specially, that provision governs instead of this one.
Your judgment
Where another law appears to provide specially on age, what in its text would show that it displaces the general rule of this provision?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change the way age is counted or the form in which it may be shown, or if a decision clarifies which laws provide specially within the meaning of the opening exception.