# The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 5: What the tribunal does after receiving the response


(1) On receiving the response the Secretary shall consider whether the response should be accepted in accordance with rule 6. If the response is not accepted it shall be returned to the respondent and (subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) of rule 6) the claim shall be dealt with as if no response to the claim had been presented.
(2) If the Secretary accepts the response he shall send a copy of it to all other parties and record in writing the date on which he does so.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1861/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-constitution-and-rules-of-procedure-regulations-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-5
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.