{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Computation of time",
  "text": "(1) This rule shows how to calculate any period of time for doing any act which is specified—\n(a) by these Rules;\n(b) by a practice direction; or\n(c) by a direction or order of the court.\n(2) A period of time expressed as a number of days must be computed as clear days.\n(3) In this rule “clear days” means that in computing the numbers 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\nare not included.\n(4) Where the specified period is 7 days or less and would include a day which is not a business day, that day does not count.\n(5) When the period specified—\n(a) by these Rules or a practice direction; or\n(b) by any direction or order of the court,\nfor doing any act at the court office ends on a day on which the office is closed, that act will be in time if done on the next day on which the court office is open.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:01.488224+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."
}