The Copyright Tribunal Rules 2010

PART XI SUPPLEMENTARY

Enforcement – England and Wales and Northern Ireland

37.  A decision made by the Tribunal may, by leave of the court, be enforced in England and Wales or Northern Ireland in the same manner as a judgment or order of the court to the same effect.

Enforcement of Tribunal’s orders in Scotland

38.  Any decision of the Tribunal may be enforced in Scotland in the same way as a recorded decree arbitral.

Service of documents

39.—(1) Any notice or other document required by these Rules to be served on any person may be sent by pre-paid post to its address for service, or, where no address for service has been given, to its registered office, principal place of business or last known address, and every notice or other document required to be served on the Secretary may be sent by pre-paid post to the Secretary the Tribunal address for service during office hours.

(2) Any notice or other document required to be served on a licensing body or organisation which is not a body corporate may be sent to the secretary, manager or other similar officer.

(3) The Tribunal may direct that service of any notice or other document be dispensed with or effected otherwise than in the manner provided by these Rules.

(4) Service of any notice or document on a party’s solicitor or agent shall be deemed to be service on such party, and service on a solicitor or agent acting for more than one party shall be deemed to be service on every party for whom such a solicitor or agent acts.

Time

40.—(1) Where a period expressed in days, weeks or months is to be calculated from the moment at which an event occurs or an action takes place, the day during which that event occurs or that action takes place shall not be counted as falling within the period in question.

(2) A period expressed in weeks or months shall end with the expiry of whichever day in the last week or month is the same day of the week or falls on the same date in the month, as the day during which the event or action from which the period is to be calculated occurred or took place. If, in a period expressed in months, the day on which it should expire does not occur in the last month, the period shall end with the expiry of the last day of that month.

(3) Where the time for doing any act expires on a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or bank holiday, the act is in time if done on the next following day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom.

Office hours

41.  The office shall be open between 10.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday, excluding Good Friday, Christmas Day and bank holidays in England and Wales.

Clerical mistakes and accidental slips or omissions

42.  The Tribunal may at any time correct any clerical mistake or other accidental slip or omission in a decision, direction or any document produced by it, by—

(a) sending notification of the amended decision or direction, or a copy of the amended document, to each party; and

(b) making any necessary amendment to any information published in relation to the decision, direction or document.

Power of Tribunal to regulate procedure

43.  Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Rules, the Tribunal shall have power to regulate its own procedure.