{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-scotland-rules-2022/rule-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-scotland-rules-2022/rule-14.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2022/385",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-scotland-rules-2022",
  "path": "rule/14",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Time",
  "text": "(1) If the period of time specified in these Rules for doing an act expires on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday, the act is done in time if it is done on the next working day.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a period of time specified in these Rules may be varied for the purpose of a particular case by a panel, or the Board as the case may be, either on its own motion or on the application of a party to the case.\n(3) If a panel or the Board varies a period of time under this Rule, it must have regard to the desirability of avoiding unnecessary delay in relation to the case, and the need to ensure fairness to the parties.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 14 in force at 1.4.2023, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/385/rule/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:47:14.680073+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."
}