{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-2010/rule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-2010/rule-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/791",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright Tribunal Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules—\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 in accordance with rule 7;\n“application” means the application form and statement of grounds filed with the Tribunal in accordance with rule 7(1);\n“application form” means the form set out in Schedule 1;\n“bank holiday” has the meaning conferred by section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;\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“court” means—\n(a)as respects England and Wales, the High Court;\n(b)as respects Scotland, the Court of Session;\n(c)as respects Northern Ireland, the High Court of Northern Ireland;\n“intervener” means a person or organisation who has applied under rule 15 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 an application before the Tribunal;\n“relevant fee” means the fee payable to the Tribunal as set out in Schedule 2;\n“the Secretary” means the Secretary for the time being of the Tribunal;\n“small application” has the meaning given in rule 17(6);\n“standard application” has the meaning given in rule 17(6);\n“statement of truth” means—\n(a)in Northern Ireland, an affidavit;\n(b)in England and Wales and Scotland a statement which meets the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) below;\n“the Tribunal” means the Copyright Tribunal;\n“the Tribunal address for service” has the meaning set out in rule 4; and\n“the Tribunal Website” has the meaning set out in rule 5.\n(2) A statement of truth is a statement that—\n(a) The party putting forward the document, or\n(b) in the case of a witness statement, the maker of the witness statement\nbelieves the facts stated in the document are true.\n(3) A statement of truth must be signed by—\n(a) In the case of a statement of grounds, a response or a request for permission to intervene, the party or the legal representative of the party and\n(b) In the case of a witness statement, the maker of the statement.\n(4) The powers conferred on the Tribunal by rules 39(3) and 42 may be exercised by either the Chairman or the Tribunal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 2 in force at 6.4.2010, see rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c.80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/791/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:47:42.754111+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."
}