Supreme Court of Judicature (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2021 · As enacted · Part 2 · Simplified Proceedings
30. Extension and abridgement of time
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A Protection from Harassment Court or the Registrar may, on such terms as the Court or Registrar thinks just, by order extend or abridge the period within which a person is required or authorised by these Rules, or by any decision, direction or order of a Protection from Harassment Court or the Registrar, to do any act in simplified proceedings before a Protection from Harassment Court.
The period mentioned in paragraph (1) may be extended although the application for extension is not made until after the expiration of that period.
This rule does not apply to any periods relating to —
an appeal from the Registrar to a Protection from Harassment Court;
an application to a Protection from Harassment Court for permission to appeal to the General Division of the High Court; and
an appeal from a Protection from Harassment Court to the General Division of the High Court after permission is granted by a Protection from Harassment Court.
Subregulation 1
A Protection from Harassment Court or the Registrar may, on such terms as the Court or Registrar thinks just, by order extend or abridge the period within which a person is required or authorised by these Rules, or by any decision, direction or order of a Protection from Harassment Court or the Registrar, to do any act in simplified proceedings before a Protection from Harassment Court.
Subregulation 2
The period mentioned in paragraph (1) may be extended although the application for extension is not made until after the expiration of that period.
Subregulation 3
This rule does not apply to any periods relating to —
an appeal from the Registrar to a Protection from Harassment Court;
an application to a Protection from Harassment Court for permission to appeal to the General Division of the High Court; and
an appeal from a Protection from Harassment Court to the General Division of the High Court after permission is granted by a Protection from Harassment Court.