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Rule 15 Calculating timeI1

Scotland

(1)

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

(2)

If the time specified by these Rules, a practice direction or an order 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 this rule “working day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday, or a bank holiday in Scotland under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971f1.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. rule 15 in force at 1.12.2016, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

1971 c.80.

Notes on Schedule

Modifications

C1

Rules excluded (22.11.2018) by The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Social Security Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/274), regs. 1(2), 2

C2

Rules excluded (1.4.2023) by The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Local Taxation Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/365), regs. 1(2), 2

C3

Rules excluded (2.12.2024) by The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Bus Registration Appeals Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/249), regs. 1(2), 2