Article 2 Interpretation

A reference in these Rules—

In these Rules, unless the context requires otherwise—

• “the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000^f2;

• “the 2006 Act” means the Compensation Act 2006;

• “appeal” means an appeal to the Tribunal under section 13(1);

• “appeal notice” means an appeal filed under rule 4(1);

• “appellant” means a person who makes an appeal to the Tribunal;

• “applicant” means an appellant who seeks permission to bring an appeal, or who appeals against, the decision of the Tribunal to the Court of Appeal;

• “chairman” means the person who from time to time acts as chairman of the Tribunal in respect of an appeal;

• “direction” includes any direction, summons or order given or made by the Tribunal;

• “document” means information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include references to producing a copy of the information—

  1. (i)

     in legible form; or

  2. (ii)

     in a form from which it can readily be produced in a legible form;

• “file” means send to the Tribunal;

• “member of the Tribunal staff” means a person appointed by the Lord Chancellor in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 13 to the 2000 Act as applied by section 12(5) of the 2006 Act;

• “party” means the appellant or the Regulator;

• “President” means the President of the Tribunal when acting under section 12(2)(b);

• “Regulations” means the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006;

• “Regulator” means the person exercising the functions of the Regulator under section 5(9);

• “Regulator’s decision” means the decision of the Regulator which is the subject matter of the appeal;

• “register” means the register maintained in accordance with rule 32;

• “reply” means a reply filed by the appellant under rule 6(1);

• “representations” means written representations or (with the consent of the Tribunal, or at its request) oral representations;

• “response document” means—

  1. (i)

     in relation to the Regulator, his statement of case; and

  2. (ii)

     in relation to the appellant, his reply;

• “secretary” means the person from time to time appointed as secretary to the Tribunal, being a member of the Tribunal’s staff;

• “statement of case” means a statement filed by the Regulator under rule 5(1);

• “supplementary statement” means a statement that is supplementary to a response document and filed in accordance with a direction given under rule 12(f);

• “Tribunal” means the Claims Management Services Tribunal established under section 12; and

• “working day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday.

Unless the context requires otherwise, anything permitted or required by these Rules to be done by a party may be done by any representative of that party.