{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996/article-21",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2070",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Leave to appeal",
  "text": "(1) An application to the Tribunal for leave to appeal shall be made not later than 10 days after the party seeking to appeal has received written notice of the determination.\n(2) An application for leave shall be made by serving upon the Tribunal a notice of application for leave to appeal in Form A3 and the form shall be signed by the appellant or his representative.\n(3) An application may be decided by the President or by a chairman of the Tribunal acting alone.\n(4) The Tribunal shall decide the application without a hearing unless it considers that there are special circumstances which make a hearing necessary or desirable.\n(5) The Tribunal shall decide the application, and shall send to the parties to the proceedings written notice of the decision and the reasons for it, not later than 10 days after the Tribunal has received the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2070/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:19.606449+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."
}