SCHEDULE 41972 ACT: RULES OF PROCEDURE
Timing of proceedings5
1
Any period of time fixed by this Schedule, or by a rule where this Schedule applies to proceedings pursuant to that rule, or by any order or direction, for doing any act is to be reckoned in accordance with this rule.
2
Where the period, being a period of seven days or fewer, would include a day which is not a business day, that day will be excluded.
3
Where the time fixed for filing a document with the designated officer expires on a day on which the office of the designated officer is closed, and for that reason the document cannot be filed on that day, the document will be filed on time if it is filed on the next day on which the office of the designated officer is open.
4
Where this Schedule, or a rule where this Schedule applies to proceedings pursuant to that rule, provides a period of time within which, or by which, a certain act is to be performed in the course of relevant proceedings, that period may not be extended otherwise than by a direction of the justices’ clerk or the court under paragraph 4(1) above.
5
Sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) apply at the—
a
transfer to a court of proceedings;
b
postponement or adjournment of any hearing or directions appointment in the course of relevant proceedings; or
c
conclusion of any such hearing or direction appointment other than one at which the proceedings are determined, or as soon as is practicable after that point.
6
The justices’ clerk must fix a date on which the proceedings will come before the justices’ clerk or the court again for such purposes as the justices’ clerk or the court directs, which date will, where sub-paragraph (5)(a) applies, be as soon as possible after the transfer.
7
The designated officer must give notice to the resident party of the date fixed in accordance with sub-paragraph (6).