# The Transport Tribunal Rules 2000, Article 13: Action on receipt of appeal


(1) The secretary shall acknowledge receipt of any notice served under rule 12(1) and, upon receipt of the details to be provided under rule 15(1)(d), shall serve a copy on:
(a) the traffic commissioner;
(b) the appropriate national authority;
(c) in the case of an appeal by an applicant for, or for the variation of, an operator’s licence, every person who made an objection to the application;
(d) in the case of an appeal by a person who made an objection to an application for, or (in the case of a goods vehicles operator’s licence) for the variation of, an operator’s licence, the applicant and every other person who made an objection to the application; and
(e) in the case of an appeal under section 37(5) of the 1995 Act, every representor.
(2) The appropriate national authority, an objector and the applicant may, within 14 days of the date of a notice served in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (d), reply in writing to the Tribunal that he wishes to become a party to the appeal, whereupon he shall become a party, and every copy notice served in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (d) shall be endorsed with a statement to that effect.
(3) A representor may, within 14 days of a notice served in accordance with paragraph (1)(e), apply in writing to the Tribunal for permission to become a party to the appeal and every copy notice served in accordance with paragraph (1)(e) shall be endorsed with a statement to that effect.
(4) The secretary shall inform the relevant representor of the decision of the Tribunal on any application made under paragraph (3).
(5) The secretary shall serve on every other party a copy of:
(a) any reply served under paragraph (2); and
(b) any application made under paragraph (3), and the decision of the Tribunal on the application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3226/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-tribunal-rules-2000/article-13
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