{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-1989/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-1989/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1129",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright Tribunal Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;\n“applicant” means a person or organisation who has made a reference or application to the Tribunal;\n“the Chairman” means the Chairman of the Tribunal or a deputy chairman or any other member of the Tribunal appointed to act as chairman;\n“costs”, in relation to proceedings in Scotland, means “expenses”;\n“credentials” means–\n(a) the validity of an organisation’s claim to be representative of a class of persons, or\n(b) the possession by an intervener of a substantial interest in the matter in dispute;\n“intervener” means a person or organisation who has applied under rule 7, 23, 26, 30, 33, 37, 41 or 44 to be made a party to proceedings;\n“the office” means the office for the time being of the Tribunal;\n“proceedings” means proceedings in respect of a reference or an application before the Tribunal;\n“the Secretary” means the Secretary for the time being of the Tribunal; and\n“the Tribunal” means the Copyright Tribunal.\n(2) A rule or schedule referred to by number means the rule or schedule so numbered in these Rules; a form referred to by number means a form in Schedule 3 so numbered, and a requirement in these Rules for the service of a notice in a specified form shall be taken to have been complied with if the service of the notice is in a form which is substantially in accordance with the form so specified.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1129/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:41:22.971140+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."
}