{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-appeal-tribunal-regulations-1993/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-appeal-tribunal-regulations-1993/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2002",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies Appeal Tribunal Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-appeal-tribunal-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Grounds of appeal",
  "text": "(1) The appellant shall, before the end of the relevant period, send to the secretary a notice of grounds of appeal containing sufficient particulars to show why the decision appealed against was unlawful or was not justified by the evidence on which it was based; and in this regulation “the relevant period” means–\n(a) in the case of an appeal–\n(i) against a decision of the Commission to withdraw authorisation under section 40 or 41 of the Act, or\n(ii) under section 58(2) of the Act, where the decision appealed against relates to the withdrawal of authorisation,\nthe period of 28 days commencing with the date on which the Commission serves notice in writing on the appellant of its decision,\n(b) in any other case, the period of 14 days commencing with the date on which the notice of appeal was sent to the secretary.\n(2) The appellant shall, upon sending the notice of grounds of appeal referred to in paragraph (1) above, send a copy of the notice to the persons to whom a copy of the notice of appeal was sent pursuant to regulation 5(2) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2002/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:12.815015+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."
}