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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-tribunal-procedure-rules-2005/article-59",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/230",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-tribunal-procedure-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/59",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Errors of procedure",
  "text": "(1) Where, before the Tribunal has determined an appeal or application, there has been an error of procedure such as a failure to comply with a rule—\n(a) subject to these Rules, the error does not invalidate any step taken in the proceedings, unless the Tribunal so orders; and\n(b) the Tribunal may make any order, or take any other step, that it considers appropriate to remedy the error.\n(2) In particular, any determination made in an appeal or application under these Rules shall be valid notwithstanding that—\n(a) a hearing did not take place; or\n(b) the determination was not made or served,\nwithin a time period specified in these Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/2604",
      "affecting_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/21",
      "affecting_title": "The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/230/article/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:10:40.981900+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}