Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Appeals, briefs, notices and other documents required or permitted to be filed under this chapter shall be received by the Secretary within the time limits, if any, for the filing. The date of receipt by the Secretary and not the date of deposit in the mails is determinative. The time fixed or the period of time prescribed for the filing may be extended by the Secretary for good cause upon motion made before expiration of the time for filing.(b) Actions of the Department are effective as of the date of issuance of written notification of the action unless otherwise specially provided in the notice. The day of issuance is the day the Department mails or delivers copies of the notice of the action to the parties or makes the copies public.(c) Subsections (a) and (b) supersede 1 Pa. Code § §31.11 and 35.31 (relating to timely filing required; and notice and action on petitions to intervene) and other applicable sections of the general rules including sections concerning the same, similar or related subject matter as subsections (a) and (b).The provisions of this §131.11 adopted February 25, 1972, effective 2/26/1972, 2 Pa.B. 340.