# The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003, Article 51: Calculation of time

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where a period of time for doing any act is specified by these Rules or by a direction of the Commission, that period is to be calculated—
(a) excluding the day on which the period begins; and
(b) where the period is 10 days or less, excluding any day which is not a business day.
(2) Where the time specified by these Rules or by a direction of the Commission for doing any act ends on a day which is not a business day, that act is done in time if it is done on the next business day.
(3) In this rule, “business day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, a bank holiday, Christmas Day, 27th to 31st December or Good Friday.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1034/article/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-immigration-appeals-commission-procedure-rules-2003/article-51
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