Explanatory note

These Rules amend rule 40A of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2698). Rule 40A(1) provides that notice of a decision on an appeal under section 11 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) in an asylum case will (in the first instance) be provided to the Secretary of State for the Home Department who must then serve the notice and other related information on the other party.

Rule 40A(1) is amended so that these provisions for service also apply to decisions of the Upper Tribunal refusing permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal to a person who appealed to the First-tier Tribunal in an asylum case (or refusing to admit an application for such permission by reason of lateness).