{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1155",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024",
  "path": "rule/18",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Rejection: response form not used or failure to supply minimum information",
  "text": "(1) The Tribunal must reject a response if—\n(a) it is not made on a response form;\n(b) it does not contain the following information—\n(i) the respondent’s full name;\n(ii) the respondent’s address;\n(iii) whether the respondent wishes to resist any part of the claim.\n(2) If it rejects a response under paragraph (1), the Tribunal must send a copy of the response to the respondent (or in the case of a response provided by two or more respondents, to each respondent) with a notice of rejection explaining why it has been rejected. The notice must explain what steps may be taken by a respondent, including the need (if appropriate) to apply for an extension of time, and how to apply for a reconsideration of the rejection.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 18 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1155/rule/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:28.531903+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."
}