81(1)Where a solicitor submits an account under section 80 to the Provincial Director more than sixty days after the completion of the services covered by the account, there shall be no liability for payment of the account and the Provincial Director shall not settle the account but shall return the account promptly to the solicitor with an appropriate reference to this section.

81(2)Where a solicitor submits an account under section 82 to the Provincial Director more than sixty days after the completion of the services covered by the account, there shall be no liability for payment of the account and the area director shall not settle or approve the account but shall return the account promptly to the solicitor with an appropriate reference to this section.

81(3)Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Provincial Director, in his discretion, may extend the time during which a solicitor’s account may be submitted under section 80 or 82.