{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-confiscation-restraint-and-receivership-rules-2003/rule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-confiscation-restraint-and-receivership-rules-2003/rule-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/421",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Confiscation, Restraint and Receivership) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-confiscation-restraint-and-receivership-rules-2003",
  "path": "rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This rule shows how to calculate any period of time for doing any act which is specified by these Rules for the purposes of any proceedings under Part 2 of the Act or by an order of the Crown Court in restraint proceedings or receivership proceedings.\n(2) A period of time expressed as a number of days shall be computed as clear days.\n(3) In this rule “clear days” means that in computing the number of days—\n(a) the day on which the period begins; and\n(b) if the end of the period is defined by reference to an event, the day on which that event occurs are not included.\n(4) Where the specified period is 5 days or less and includes a day which is not a business day that day does not count.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/384",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/421/rule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:26.245991+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}