Claim
61.—(1) A claim to the First-tier Tribunal shall be made by notice in writing and shall be signed by the claimant or, at the discretion of the First-tier Tribunal, a claim transmitted by electronic means may be accepted without the claimant’s signature.
(2) The claim shall state—
(a)the name, address, telephone number, date of birth and nature of the disability of the person to whom the claim relates;
(b)the name, address and telephone number of the claimant, if the claimant is not the person to whom the claim relates;
(c)the address to which correspondence should be sent to the claimant, if different;
(d)the name, address and telephone number of the responsible body;
(e)the name, address and profession of any representative appointed by the claimant, and, where available, the representative’s telephone number, fax number and electronic address;
(f)the main facts on which the claimant intends to rely; and
(g)details of the alleged contravention of Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the 2010 Act.
(3) The claimant must send a copy of the claim to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
(4) The First-tier Tribunal shall not consider a claim unless the claim has been received by the First-tier Tribunal before the end of the period of six months beginning when the act complained of was done. Conduct extending over a period is to be treated as done at the end of the period.
(5) The First-tier Tribunal may consider any claim which is out of time under paragraph (4) if, in all the circumstances of the case, it considers that it is just and equitable to do so.