The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber Parking and Bus Lane Appeals (Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2020

Confirmation of receipt of appeal by the First-tier Tribunal

7.—(1) Within 14 days of receipt of the notice of appeal, the First-tier Tribunal must—

(a) send an acknowledgement of receipt of the notice of appeal to the appellant,

(b) enter the particulars of the appeal in the register, and

(c) send to the respondent authority a copy of the notice of appeal and any order extending the time limit for appealing.

(2) Upon receiving a copy of the notice of appeal in accordance with paragraph (1)(c), the respondent authority must within 21 days—

(a) send to the First-tier Tribunal a copy of—

(i) the original representations,

(ii) the penalty charge notice or the bus lane charge notice, and

(iii) the notice of rejection, and

(b) notify the First-tier Tribunal as to the respondent authority’s preferred form for a hearing or, if no preference, notification of such, and

(c) send to the appellant—

(i) notification that the documents set out in paragraph 7(2)(a) are available to view electronically through the case management system, or

(ii) in cases where the appellant is not conducting the appeal through the case management system, a paper copy of those documents.

(3) Upon receiving a copy of the documents in paragraph (2)(a), the First-tier Tribunal must within 14 days invite the appellant’s views as to the appellant’s preferred form for a hearing.