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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2023/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/327",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the tribunal procedure Rules applied by the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.\nRule 2 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2685) and rule 3 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Tax Chamber) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/273), so that references to “Her Majesty” are replaced with “His Majesty”.\nRule 4 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2686) to allow appeals to be directly lodged with the Tribunal. Rule 4 also amends the procedure for applying for directions and removes the power for a Tribunal member to undertake a medical examination.\nRule 5 amends the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2698) and rule 6(2) amends the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Lands Chamber) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2600) (“Lands Chamber Rules”) which provides that practice directions may make provision for the mandatory filing of documents to the Upper Tribunal’s secure online portal for specified users in any specified categories of case.\nRule 6(3) amends rule 39B (method of making application) of the Lands Chamber Rules to correct a drafting error.\nNo impact assessment has been carried out for these amendments as no, or no significant impact, on the private, voluntary, or public sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/327/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:47:46.166896+00:00"
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  "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."
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