Merits assessment on s 477(2) extension of time applications must be conducted at a threshold impressionistic level only; a fulsome assessment will likely constitute jurisdictional error, and materiality of such error is assessed by reference to whether the extension decision itself could have been different, not whether the ultimate outcome would have changed.
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