{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-first-tier-tribunal-immigration-and-asylum-chamber-rules-2014/article-38",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2604",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-first-tier-tribunal-immigration-and-asylum-chamber-rules-2014",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Bail applications",
  "text": "(1) A bail application must be made by sending or delivering to the Tribunal an application notice containing the information specified below.\n(2) A bail application must specify whether it is for—\n(a) the bail party to be released on bail;\n(b) variation of bail conditions;\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) payment of a sum under a financial condition; or\n(e) a reference for consideration under paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act.\n(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (4A), a bail application must contain the following details—\n(a) the bail party's—\n(i) full name;\n(ii) date of birth; and\n(iii) date of their most recent arrival in the United Kingdom;\n(b) the address of any place where the bail party is detained;\n(c) the address where the bail party will reside if the bail application is granted, or, if unable to give such an address, the reason why an address is not given;\n(d) the terms of the financial condition to which the bail party is, or is proposed to be, subject;\n(e) whether the bail party has a pending appeal to the Tribunal or any pending application for further appeal relating to such an appeal;\n(f) the full name, address, date of birth and any occupation of any person other than the bail party who is, or is proposed to be, subject to a financial condition.\n(g) where the bail party is aged 18 or over, whether the bail party will, if required, agree to co-operate with an electronic monitoring condition under paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act.;\n(h) the grounds on which the application is made and, where a previous application has been refused, when it was refused and , where the previous refusal took place less than 28 days before the application, details of any material change in circumstances since the refusal; and\n(i) whether an interpreter will be required at the hearing, and in respect of what language and dialect.\n(4) Where the application is for payment of a sum under a financial condition, paragraph (3) applies except for sub-paragraphs (a)(iii), (b), (c), (e) and (g) of that paragraph.\n(4A) Where the application is a reference under paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act—\n(a) paragraph (3) applies except for sub-paragraph (h); and\n(b) the application must also contain—\n(i) details of the provision or provisions under which the bail party is detained;\n(ii) a copy of any previous Secretary of State decision on whether to grant bail; and\n(iii) any documents relevant to (i) or (ii).\n(5) An application made by the bail party must be signed by the bail party or their representative.\n(6) On receipt of a bail application, the Tribunal must record the date on which it was received and provide a copy of the application as soon as reasonably practicable to—\n(a) the Secretary of State, the bail party and any other person subject to a financial condition, in the case of an application to vary a financial condition;\n(b) the bail party, in the case of a reference under paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act; and\n(c) the Secretary of State, in the case of other bail applications.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 38(2)(c) omitted (15.1.2018) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(a); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 38(2)(d)(e) substituted for rule 38(2)(d) (15.1.2018) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(b); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 38(3) substituted (15.1.2018) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(c)(i); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 38(3)(d) substituted (15.1.2018) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(c)(ii); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 38(3)(f) substituted (15.1.2018) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(c)(iii); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 38(3)(g) substituted (15.1.2018) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(c)(iv); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in rule 38(3)(h) inserted (6.4.2022) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/312), rules 1, 2(12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in rule 38(4) substituted (15.1.2018) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(d); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Rule 38(4A) inserted (15.1.2018) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(e); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Rule 38(6) substituted (15.1.2018) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1168), rules 2, 14(f); S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(a)(c)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2604/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:12.022384+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."
}