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Part 1 U.K.Tribunals and Inquiries

Chapter 2U.K.First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

MiscellaneousU.K.

22Tribunal Procedure RulesU.K.

(1)There are to be rules, to be called “Tribunal Procedure Rules”, governing—

(a)the practice and procedure to be followed in the First-tier Tribunal, and

(b)the practice and procedure to be followed in the Upper Tribunal.

(2)Tribunal Procedure Rules are to be made by the Tribunal Procedure Committee.

(3)In Schedule 5—

(4)Power to make Tribunal Procedure Rules is to be exercised with a view to securing—

(a)that, in proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, justice is done,

(b)that the tribunal system is accessible and fair,

(c)that proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal are handled quickly and efficiently,

(d)that the rules are both simple and simply expressed, and

(e)that the rules where appropriate confer on members of the First-tier Tribunal, or Upper Tribunal, responsibility for ensuring that proceedings before the tribunal are handled quickly and efficiently.

(5)In subsection (4)(b) “the tribunal system” means the system for deciding matters within the jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal.