Where a supervisory authority is required to take certain procedural steps within specified time limits, the purpose of those time limits is to ensure that the procedure progresses and concludes within a reasonable time. Those time limits do not preclude supervisory authorities from taking the required procedural steps after their expiry. It is therefore necessary to ensure that taking such procedural steps after the expiry of their corresponding time limits cannot be considered grounds for the illegality or invalidity of the procedural step in question or of the final decision.
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