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NIPMO Dispute Panel Rules of Procedure

Part D : General

10. Circumstances under which duration of Dispute Panel proceedings may be varied

 

10.1 The Dispute Panel may, in consultation with the Parties, extend any period prescribed in these rules for doing anything under one or both the following circumstances when the—
10.1.1 period concerned falls on any day between 16 December of one year and 15 January of the following year;
10.1.2 Chairperson or the majority of other members of the Dispute Panel are, for any reason beyond their control, unavailable to guide the process of the Dispute Panel forward.