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The European Assembly Election Petition Rules 1979

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18.—(1) Any period of time prescribed by Rule 7 shall be computed in accordance with section 106 of the Act and shall not be enlarged by order or otherwise, but save as aforesaid the provisions of Order 3 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965(1) shall apply to any period of time prescribed by these Rules as if it were prescribed by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

(2) Where any period of time limited by the Act for presenting a petition or filing any document expires on a day (not being a day mentioned in section 106(2) of the Act) on which the election petitions office is closed, the petition or document shall be deemed to be duly presented or filed if it is placed in the letter box provided for the purpose at that office and an affidavit stating the time at which this was done is filed on the next day on which the office is open.

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