Article 9 Application for extension of time for delivery of reply

Notwithstanding rule 8(3) above, where the Authority considers it likely that, by reason of exceptional circumstances, its reply will be received at the office of the Secretary later than 5 days after the date on which it received a copy of the notice of appeal it may include with its reply a statement of the reasons on which it relies for justifying the delay, and the Tribunal shall treat any such statement as a request for extending the time limit under rule 30(2)(a) below.