# The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) Rules 2008, Article 22: Lapse of cases

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If after receiving the notice of appeal the decision maker revises the decision challenged—
(a) the appeal shall proceed, subject to paragraph (2), as if it had been brought in relation to the revised decision; ...
(b) the notice of the revised decision sent by the decision maker to the appellant must include a statement of the action that the appellant must take under paragraph (2) in order to prevent the appeal from lapsing ; and
(c) the decision maker must send a copy of the revised decision to the Tribunal.
(2) The appeal against the revised decision shall lapse if, within 42 days of the date on which the decision maker sends notice of the revised decision to the appellant, the appellant does not provide to the Tribunal—
(a) representations in writing in relation to the revised decision; or
(b) a statement in writing that the appellant wishes the appeal to proceed but has no additional representations to make in relation to the revised decision.
(2A) The Tribunal must send a copy of the appellant’s representations or written statement provided under paragraph (2) (if any) to the decision maker.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) If an appeal lapses under paragraph (2), the Tribunal must give both parties notice that it has done so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2686/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-first-tier-tribunal-war-pensions-and-armed-forces-compensation-chamber-rules-2008/article-22
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