Article 48 Calculation of time
This rule applies to any notice or other document sent, served or given under these Rules.
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), any notice or other document that is sent shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been received—
where the notice or other document is sent by post to a place within the United Kingdom, on the second day after it was sent;
where the notice or other document is sent by post to a place outside the United Kingdom, on the twenty-eighth day after it was sent; and
in any other case, on the day on which the notice or other document was sent.
Where a notice or other document is sent by post to the appellate authority, it shall be deemed to have been received on the day on which it was received by that authority.
Where a notice of appeal is sent by post or by fax to the address or fax number specified in the notice of decision, it shall be deemed to have been given on the day on which it was received at that address or fax number.
A notice or other document is received by the appellate authority when it is received by any person employed as a clerk to that authority.
Where an act is to be done not later than a specified period after any event, the period shall be calculated from the end of the day on which the event occurred.
Where the time provided by these Rules by which any act must be completed ends on a Saturday, a Sunday, a bank holiday, Christmas Day, 27th to 31st December or Good Friday, the act shall be completed in time if completed on the next day which is not excluded under this paragraph.
Where, apart from this paragraph, the period in question, being a period of 10 days or less, would include a Saturday, a Sunday, a bank holiday, Christmas Day, 27th to 31st December or Good Friday, that day shall be excluded.
In this rule, “bank holiday” means a day that is specified in, or appointed under, the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971f1 as a bank holiday.
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