# The Abuse Redress Rules 2026, Rule 27: Pause of application: applicant


(1) The redress body, having received an application for redress under section 3 of the Measure, must, on receiving written notice from the applicant, pause the determination of the application.
(2) If the applicant has not lifted the pause before the end of six months beginning with the day on which the pause began, the application is treated as withdrawn under rule 8.
(3) If the applicant has not lifted the pause before the end of five months beginning with the day on which the pause began, the redress body must notify the applicant in writing that, if the pause is not lifted before the end of the six-month period referred to in paragraph (2), the application will be treated as withdrawn as mentioned in that paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/883/rule/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/abuse-redress-rules-2026/rule-27
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