Pennsylvania Code
Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part II - General Rules of Administrative Practice and Procedure
Chapter 31 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Subchapter B - TIME
Section 31.15 - Extensions of time

Universal Citation: 1 PA Code ยง 31.15

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024

(a) Extensions of time shall be governed by the following:

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, whenever by these rules or by a regulation or order of an agency, or a notice given thereunder, an act is required or allowed to be done at or within a specified time, the time fixed or the period of time prescribed may, by the agency head or the presiding officer, for good cause be extended upon motion made before expiration of the period originally prescribed or as previously extended; and upon motion made after the expiration of the specified period, the act may be permitted to be done where reasonable grounds are shown for the failure to act.

(2) Requests for the extension of time in which to file briefs shall be filed at least 5 days before the time fixed for filing such briefs.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, requests for continuance of hearings or for extension of time in which to perform an act required or allowed to be done at or within a specified time by these rules or a regulation or order of an agency, shall be by motion in writing, timely filed with the agency, stating the facts on which the application rests, except that during the course of a hearing in a pro-ceeding, the requests may be made by oral motion in the hearing before the agency head or the presiding officer.

This section cited in 1 Pa. Code § 35.49 (relating to amendments to conform to the evidence); 6 Pa. Code § 22.95 (relating to formal appeals and hearings); 7 Pa. Code § 179.12 (relating to extensions of time and continuances); 22 Pa. Code § 121.10 (relating to administrative garnishment procedures for Federal loans); 25 Pa. Code § 1.5 (relating to procedures); 25 Pa. Code § 1021.12 (relating to extensions of time); 25 Pa. Code § 1021.113 (relating to continuance of hearings); 34 Pa. Code § 111.16 (relating to briefs: content and form and time for filing); 34 Pa. Code § 131.12 (relating to modification of time); 34 Pa. Code § 131.13 (relating to continuances or postponements of hearings); 37 Pa. Code § 79.85 (relating to continuances); 37 Pa. Code § 171.123 (relating to mandatory filing of certificates of readiness); 37 Pa. Code § 197.8 (relating to extension of time); 40 Pa. Code § 17.8 (relating to continuances); 52 Pa. Code § 1.15 (relating to extensions of time and continuances); 52 Pa. Code § 1001.15 (relating to extensions of time and continuances); 55 Pa. Code § 41.7 (relating to extensions of time); 55 Pa. Code § 1181.1 (relating to policy); 55 Pa. Code § 1187.1 (relating to policy); 55 Pa. Code § 1189.1 (relating to policy); 55 Pa. Code § 6210.14 (relating to time extensions); 58 Pa. Code § 145.7 (relating to continuances); 58 Pa. Code § 497a.5 (relating to extensions of time and continuances); 61 Pa. Code § 703.2 (relating to petition content); and 61 Pa. Code § 703.31 (relating to disposition of petitions).

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