Hand in your assignment as soon as possible, and do not wait to receive a decision before acting.
On the occasion where a student is awaiting a PEC decision, they must still attempt to submit an assignment to the original deadline but may also submit a revised assignment later. On a successful approval of a pending PEC application, the student would then be permitted to have that revised assignment graded instead, providing it was submitted before the approved new submission date.
All students should be working on completing assignments to their agreed deadlines, regardless of whether they have put in a PEC request or not. Students should NEVER assume their request will be approved and this must NEVER delay a submission.