{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-immigration-appeals-commission-procedure-rules-2003/article-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-immigration-appeals-commission-procedure-rules-2003/article-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1034",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-immigration-appeals-commission-procedure-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Parties",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rule 2(2) and to paragraph (2) of this rule, the parties to proceedings shall be the appellant and the Secretary of State.\n(2) The United Kingdom Representative may give written notice to the Commission that he wishes to be treated as a party to proceedings, and where he gives such notice he shall be treated as a party from the date of the notice.\n(3) Any restriction imposed by or under these Rules in relation to the appellant as to—\n(a) the disclosure of material;\n(b) attendance at hearings;\n(c) notification of orders, directions or determinations; and\n(d) communication from the special advocate,\nshall also apply to the United Kingdom Representative where he is a party.\n(4) Paragraphs (1) to (3) do not apply to an application by the Secretary of State under Schedule 4A to the 1981 Act.\n(5) For an application by the Secretary of State under Schedule 4A to the 1981 Act, the Secretary of State is the only party to proceedings.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 32(4)(5) inserted (10.5.2023) by The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/355), rules 2(2), 10(2); S.I. 2023/450, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 32 in force at 1.4.2003, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1034/article/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:26:18.096850+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."
}