If you miss the ‘48-hour before the due date’ window, it is important that you send in an application as soon after this date as possible. However, every late application sent MUST also list in its PEC statement a reason to justify why you could not have submitted earlier. If a reason is not given, or the reason listed is deemed insufficient, or the time elapsed since the due date is deemed too long, then the PEC application will be rejected. The longer one waits before submitting a late PEC application the harder it will be to give a reason to justify the delay.