Article 55 Filing and service of documents

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Rules revoked by Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) 2014 rule 45 Table 1
Rules modified by Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal 2010 art. 4
rule 55(1)(c) words omitted by Tribunal Procedure 2011 rule 14(a)
rule 55(1)(e) and word inserted by Tribunal Procedure 2011 rule 14(b)

(1)

Any document which is required or permitted by these Rules or by a direction of the Tribunal to be filed with the Tribunal, or served on any person may be—

(a)

delivered, or sent by post, to an address;

(b)

sent via a document exchange to a document exchange number or address;

(c)

sent by fax to a fax number; or

(d)

sent by e-mail to an e-mail address,

specified for that purpose by the Tribunal or person to whom the document is directed.

(2)

A document to be served on an individual may be served personally by leaving it with that individual.

(3)

Where a person has notified the Tribunal that he is acting as the representative of an appellant and has given an address for service, if a document is served on the appellant, a copy must also at the same time be sent to the appellant’s representative.

(4)

If any document is served on a person who has notified the Tribunal that he is acting as the representative of a party, it shall be deemed to have been served on that party.

(5)

Subject to paragraph (6), any document that is served on a person in accordance with this rule shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be served—

(a)

where the document is sent by post or document exchange from and to a place within the United Kingdom, on the second day after it was sent;

(b)

where the document is sent by post or document exchange from or to a place outside the United Kingdom, on the twenty-eighth day after it was sent; and

(c)

in any other case, on the day on which the document was sent or delivered to, or left with, that person.

(6)

Any notice of appeal which is served on a person under rule 6(3)(b) or 6(4)(b) shall be treated as being served on the day on which it is received by that person.

(7)

Where the United Kingdom Representative has given notice to the Tribunal under rule 49 in relation to any proceedings, any document which is required by these Rules or by a direction of the Tribunal to be served on a party in those proceedings must also be served on the United Kingdom Representative.