{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015/rule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015/rule-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1648",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "The Registrar",
  "text": "(1) Any person appointed to be the Registrar under section 12(3) of the 2002 Act (constitution of the Competition Appeal Tribunal) shall—\n(a) have a seven year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (qualification for judicial and certain other appointments) , or\n(b) be an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least seven years' standing, or\n(c) be—\n(i) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing, or\n(ii) a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing.\n(2) The Registrar shall act in accordance with the instructions of the President and is, in particular, to be responsible for—\n(a) the establishment and maintenance of a register in which all pleadings and supporting documents and all orders and decisions of the Tribunal are to be registered;\n(b) the acceptance, transmission, service and custody of documents in accordance with these Rules;\n(c) the enforcement of decisions of the Tribunal under paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to the 2002 Act (procedure of the Tribunal) and certification for the purposes of paragraph 1A of that Schedule ;\n(d) certifying that any order, direction or decision is an order, direction or decision of the Tribunal, the President or a chairman, as the case may be.\n(3) Any function of the Registrar may be performed by any member of staff of the Competition Service whom the President or Registrar may authorise for the purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 41; section 71 was amended by paragraphs 4 and 9 of Schedule 6 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and paragraphs 83 and 94 of Schedule 21 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to the Enterprise Act 2002 were amended by paragraph 25 of Schedule 8 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Paragraph 1A of Schedule 4 to the Enterprise Act 2002 was inserted by paragraph 24 of Schedule 8 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "The Competition Service is a statutory body established under section 13 of the Enterprise Act 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1648/rule/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:44.195082+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."
}