The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2010

Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008

13.  Rule 21 (application to the Upper Tribunal for permission to appeal) is amended as follows—

(a) after paragraph (3)(a)—

(i) omit “or”; and

(ii) insert—

“(aa) subject to paragraph (3A), in an asylum case or an immigration case where the appellant is in the United Kingdom at the time that the application is made—

(i) seven working days after the date on which notice of the First-tier Tribunal’s refusal of permission was sent to the appellant; or

(ii) if the case is a fast-track case, four working days after the date on which notice of the First-tier Tribunal’s refusal of permission was sent to the appellant;

(ab) subject to paragraph (3A), in an asylum case or an immigration case where the appellant is outside the United Kingdom at the time that the application is made, fifty six days after the date on which notice of the First-tier Tribunal’s refusal of permission was sent to the appellant; or”; and

(b) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A) Where a notice of decision is sent electronically or delivered personally, the time limits in paragraph (3)(aa) and (ab) are—

(a) in sub-paragraph (aa)(i), five working days;

(b) in sub-paragraph (aa)(ii), two working days; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (ab), twenty eight days.”.