The Copyright Tribunal Rules 2010

PART V ALLOCATION

Allocation

17.—(1) The Tribunal shall allocate an application to the small applications track or to the standard applications track, taking into account the factors set out in this rule;

(2) When the Tribunal makes an allocation it shall have regard to—

(a) the financial value of the application to each of the parties;

(b) whether the facts, legal issues, relief requested or procedures involved are simple or complex; and

(c) the importance of the outcome of the application to other licensees or putative licensees of a licensing body.

(3) The small applications track is the normal track for an application where its financial value is less than £50,000 to each party and the facts and legal issues involved are simple.

(4) The standard track is the normal track for all other applications.

(5) When the Tribunal has allocated an application to a track the Secretary shall serve a notice of allocation on every party.

(6) Applications allocated to the small applications track are referred to as “small applications” and all other applications are referred to as “standard applications”.

(7) The Rules apply to small applications with the exception of rules 22(1), (2) and (3), 23, 35 and 36.

(8) The Rules apply to standard applications with the exception of rule 21.

Change of track

18.  The Tribunal may at any time on the request of a party or of its own initiative order, having considered the factors set out in rule 17(2), that—

(a) proceedings allocated to the small applications track be transferred to the standard applications track; or

(b) proceedings allocated to the standard applications track be transferred to the small applications track.