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(2) On days when an emergency situation occurs and Authority office closes early and does not reopen,
that day shall be treated as though it were a public holiday under section 49 of the Interpretation Act.
(3) If a filing period is less than 7 days, intermediate public holidays Saturdays and Sundays may not be
counted in determining the filing date.
(4) If the document is served by mail an additional 3 days (excluding public holidays) may be allowed for all
parties serving a response to the document which was in fact served by mail.
Filing periods for pleadings
35. (1) Subject to subrule (2), the time frame within which pleadings shall be filed is in the case of
(a)
oppositions to any motion, petition or request, within 10 days after the original pleading has
been filed;
(b)
replies, within 7 days after the time for filing oppositions has expired;
(c)
additional pleadings after authorization by the Authority have been received;
(d)
oppositions to a request for stay of any Authority order, or to a request for other temporary
relief within 7 days after the request for stay is filed; and
(e)
any reply to the opposition, by the person who filed the request for stay or other temporary
relief, within 7 days after the time for filing oppositions has expired
(2) The Authority may, in its discretion rule ax parte upon
(a)
requests for continuances;
(b)
withdrawal of papers or pleadings;
(c)
extensions of time;
(d)
requests for permission to file pleadings in excess of the length prescribed under these
Rules or by Authority order and
(e)
requests for temporary or emergency relief, without waiting for the filing of oppositions or
replies
Length of pleadings and papers
36. (1) all papers filed with the Authority shall contain concise statements of the matters referred to therein
(2) The Authority reserves the right to specify a limit to the number of pages for any document that may be
filed in a proceeding, which page limit may be waived, and permission to file pleadings in excess of the
predetermined page limit may be granted only for good cause shown.
(3) Requests to file papers in excess of the page limit shall be made at least 7 days before the deadline for
filing the paper at issue and state the reason for the request.
Extensions of time
37. (1) Subject to subrule (2), no the extensions of time may be granted by the Authority