Part 8 — General
246 Alteration of time limits
(a) is to be done by a person, a board or an employee of a boa rd
within a number of days or at a time fixed by or under this
Act, and
(b) cannot be or is not so done,
the Minister may, by order, appoint a further or other time for
doing the thing.
(2) An order may be made under subsection (1) notwithstanding
that the time at or within which the thing ought to have been done
has or has not arrived or expired, as the case may be.
(3) Anything done at or within the time specified in an order made
under subsection (1) is as valid as if it had been done at or within
the time fixed by or under this Act.
(4) When
(a) a certain day is fixed on o r by which certain things are to be
done or proceedings taken, and
(b) it appears that the date was fixed having regard to an ear lier
fixed date on or by which certain other things are to be done
or proceedings taken,
then, notwithstanding anything in this Act, if default is made in
respect of the earlier date, a similar delay is allowed in respect of
the later date.
(5) This section does not apply to
(a) the time limits mentioned in connection with a contract or
the termination of a contract of employment between a
board and its teacher, or
(b) the time limits relating to an appeal to the Board of
Reference.