Rule 6 Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Lands Chamber) Rules 2010I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Lands Chamber) Rules 2010^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In rule 13 (sending and delivery of documents)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

at the beginning insert “Subject to paragraph (1A),”;

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “or”;

(iii)

after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)

uploaded to the Tribunal’s secure portal; or”;

(b)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

A practice direction may specify for any document subject to paragraph (1)—

(a)

the requirements that must be fulfilled for it to be uploaded to the Tribunal’s secure portal; and

(b)

for any specified category of party in any specified category of case, that it must be so uploaded to the Tribunal’s secure portal.”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

for “paragraph (3)” substitute “paragraphs (2A) and (3)”;

(ii)

after “them” insert “(including transmission through the Tribunal’s secure portal)”;

(d)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

A party is required to accept delivery of documents through the Tribunal’s secure portal only if the document is sent through that portal to that party by the Tribunal.”;

(e)

in paragraph (4) after “communication” insert “(including transmission through the Tribunal’s secure portal)”.

(3)

In rule 39B (method of making application)—

(a)

in paragraph (3)(b) after “application” insert “land”;

(b)

in paragraph (4) after “a landowner” insert “or as”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 6 in force at 6.4.2023, see rule 1

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2010/2600; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2022/1030.