{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-72.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/72",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“paying party” means a party liable to pay costs;\n“preparation time” means time spent by the receiving party (including by any of the receiving party’s employees or advisers) in working on the case, except for time spent at any final hearing;\n“receiving party” means a party entitled to be paid costs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 72 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/72",
    "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."
}