{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-upper-tribunal-rules-2008/article-29",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2698",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-upper-tribunal-rules-2008",
  "path": "article/29",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Acknowledgment of service",
  "text": "(1) A person who is sent or provided with a copy of an application for permission under rule 28(8) (application for permission to bring judicial review proceedings) or rule 28A(2)(a) (special provisions for immigration judicial review proceedings) and wishes to take part in the proceedings must provide to the Upper Tribunal an acknowledgment of service so that it is received no later than 21 days after the date on which the Upper Tribunal sent, or in immigration judicial review proceedings the applicant provided, a copy of the application to that person.\n(2) An acknowledgment of service under paragraph (1) must be in writing and state—\n(a) whether the person intends to support or oppose the application for permission;\n(b) their grounds for any support or opposition under sub-paragraph (a), or any other submission or information which they consider may assist the Upper Tribunal; and\n(c) the name and address of any other person not named in the application as a respondent or interested party whom the person providing the acknowledgment considers to be an interested party.\n(2A) In immigration judicial review proceedings, a person who provides an acknowledgement of service under paragraph (1) must also provide a copy to—\n(a) the applicant; and\n(b) any other person named in the application under rule 28(4)(a) or acknowledgement of service under paragraph (2)(c)\nno later than the time specified in paragraph (1).\n(3) A person who is provided with a copy of an application for permission under rule 28(8) or 28A(2)(a) but does not provide an acknowledgment of service to the Upper Tribunal may not take part in the application for permission unless allowed to do so by the Upper Tribunal, but may take part in the subsequent proceedings if the application is successful.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(1) inserted (17.10.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2343), rules 1, 9(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(1) inserted (17.10.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2343), rules 1, 9(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(1) substituted (1.11.2013) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/2067), rules 1, 12(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 29(1) substituted (17.10.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2343), rules 1, 9(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(1) inserted (17.10.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2343), rules 1, 9(a)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2009) by Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/274), rules 1, 18(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(2)(b) inserted (1.4.2009) by Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/274), rules 1, 18(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Rule 29(2A) inserted (17.10.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2343), rules 1, 9(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(2A) substituted (1.11.2013) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/2067), rules 1, 12(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(3) substituted (17.10.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2343), rules 1, 9(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(3) inserted (17.10.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2343), rules 1, 9(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(3) inserted (17.10.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2343), rules 1, 9(c)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in rule 29(3) inserted (1.4.2011) by The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/651), rules 1(2)(a), 8(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2698/article/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:23:22.576941+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."
}