The Residential Property Tribunal Procedures and Fees (England) Regulations 2011

Acknowledgement and notification of application by tribunal

8.—(1) As soon as practicable after receiving the application, the tribunal must—

(a) send an acknowledgement of receipt to the applicant; and

(b) send a copy of the application and of each document accompanying it to the respondent.

(2) Except in a case to which regulation 10 or 11 applies, the tribunal must also send to the respondent a notice—

(a) specifying the date by which the respondent must send the reply mentioned in regulation 9;

(b) specifying that any response must include—

(i) a statement as to whether or not the respondent intends to oppose the application;

(ii) where not already included in the application, the name and address of each interested person known to the respondent; and

(iii) the address to which documents should be sent for the purposes of the proceedings; and

(c) warning the respondent that if the respondent does not respond by the date specified, and with the information specified the tribunal may—

(i) assume that the respondent does not intend to oppose the application; and

(ii) proceed with the matter in any way it considers to be reasonable in the circumstances of the case.

(3) The date specified in the notice referred to in paragraph (2) must not be less than 14 days after the date specified in the notice as the date on which it was made.