UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will request a Brexit extension if no deal is reached with the European Union by October 19, according to documents read out in Scotland's highest court on Friday, PA news agency reports.

Johnson previously said he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than seek another Brexit delay, but the documents suggest that he has accepted the terms of the Benn Act. This was made law by parliamentarians in an attempt to stop the UK from crashing out of the EU without a deal.

It comes after the Prime Minister publicly said the government “will obey the law, and will come out by October 31,” an assertion that fueled speculation he may have found a loophole in the legislation.

Downing Street declined to comment on the documents, when asked by CNN.