The Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2003

Filing and service of documents

54.—(1) Any document which is required or permitted by these Rules or by a direction of the appellate authority to be filed with the appellate authority, or served on any person may be—

(a) delivered or sent by post to an address;

(b) sent by fax to a fax number; or

(c) sent by e-mail to an e-mail address,

specified for that purpose by the person or authority to whom the document is directed.

(2) A document to be served on an individual may be served personally by leaving it with that individual.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), if any document is served on a person who has notified the appellate authority that he is acting as the representative of a party, it shall be deemed to have been served on that party.

(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply where—

(a) a rule; or

(b) a direction of an adjudicator or the Tribunal,

requires a document to be served on both a party and his representative.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6), any document that is served on a person in accordance with this rule shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be served—

(a) where the document is sent by post from and to a place within the United Kingdom, on the second day after it was sent;

(b) where the document is sent by post from or to a place outside the United Kingdom, on the twenty-eighth day after it was sent; and

(c) in any other case, on the day on which the document was sent or delivered to, or left with, that person.

(6) Any document which is filed with the appellate authority, and any notice of appeal or application notice which is served on a person under rule 6(2), 6(3)(b), 15(3)(b) or 27(2)(b), shall be treated as being filed or served on the day on which it is received by that authority or person.

(7) Where the United Kingdom Representative is a party to an appeal, any document which is required by these Rules or by a direction of the appellate authority to be served on the appellant or the respondent must also be served on the United Kingdom Representative.