# The Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunals Rules 1997, Article 29: Power to transfer cases


(1) The Tribunal may transfer any proceedings before it to another Tribunal if it considers that by reason of the location of the parties or witnesses, the subject matter of the appeal, the availability of the Tribunal or some other sufficient reason the proceedings may be more conveniently determined by that other Tribunal.
(2) Any Tribunal to which proceedings are transferred under this rule shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same as if the proceedings were properly commenced in it in accordance with these Rules.
(3) For the purposes of rule 28 above, an appeal which is transferred from a Tribunal sitting in one part of the United Kingdom to a Tribunal sitting in another part of the United Kingdom shall be treated as if all the proceedings had taken place in the Tribunal which finally determined the appeal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/798/article/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-appeal-tribunals-rules-1997/article-29
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