{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charity-tribunal-rules-2008/rule-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charity-tribunal-rules-2008/rule-40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Charity Tribunal Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charity-tribunal-rules-2008",
  "path": "rule/40",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Procedure at the reference hearing",
  "text": "(1) After the notice of reference and the respondent’s notice have been filed, the Tribunal must convene a directions hearing.\n(2) The parties must be given 28 days notice of the time and place of the hearing under paragraph (1).\n(3) Part 1, 2 (except for rule 4), 4 (except for rules 24 and 34) and 5 (except for rule 35(1)(c)) apply to the determination of a reference by the Tribunal as they apply to the determination of an appeal or application.\n(4) The referrer may seek the Tribunal’s permission to withdraw a reference made under rule 38 (notice of reference).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/221/rule/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:37:15.907447+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."
}