Article 12 Calculating time

(1)

An act required by these Rules, a practice direction or a direction to be done on or by a particular day must be done by 5pm on that day.

(2)

If the time specified by these Rules, a practice direction or a direction for doing any act ends on a day other than a working day, the act is done in time if it is done on the next working day.

(3)

In a special educational needs case or a disability discrimination in schools case, the following days must not be counted when calculating the time by which an act must be done—

(a)

25th December to 1st January inclusive; and

(b)

any day in August.

F1(3A)

In an asylum case or an immigration case, when calculating the time by which an act must be done, in addition to the days specified in the definition of “working days” in rule 1 (interpretation), the following days must also not be counted as working days—

(a)

27th to 31st December inclusiveF2...

F3(b)

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(4)

Paragraph (3) F4or (3A) does not apply where the Upper Tribunal directs that an act must be done by or on a specified date.

F5(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Rule 12(3A) inserted (15.2.2010) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/44), rules 1, 9(a)
F2: Word in rule 12(3A)(a) omitted (20.10.2014) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2128), rules 1(b), 6(a)
F3: Rule 12(3A)(b) omitted (20.10.2014) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2128), rules 1(b), 6(b)
F4: Words in rule 12(4) inserted (15.2.2010) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/44), rules 1, 9(b)
F5: Rule 12(5) omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2128), rules 1(a), 6(b)