{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2009/rule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2009/rule-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/274",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2009",
  "path": "rule/5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008",
  "text": "In rule 1(3) (interpretation)—\n(a) for the definition of “appellant” substitute—\n““appellant” means—\n(a) a person who makes an appeal, or applies for permission to appeal, to the Upper Tribunal;\n(b) in proceedings transferred or referred to the Upper Tribunal from the First-tier Tribunal, a person who started the proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal; or\n(c) a person substituted as an appellant under rule 9(1) (substitution and addition of parties);”;\n(b) omit the definition of “disability discrimination in schools case”;\n(c) omit the definition of “legal representative”;\n(d) in the definition of “respondent”—\n(i) omit sub-paragraph (a)(ii); and\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“(ca) in proceedings transferred or referred to the Upper Tribunal from the First-tier Tribunal, a person who was a respondent in the proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal;”; and\n(e) omit the definition of “special educational needs case”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/274/rule/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:18:03.758213+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."
}