The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014

Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008

10.  After rule 22 insert—

“Special procedure for providing notice of a refusal of permission to appeal in an asylum case

22A.— (1) This rule applies to a decision in an asylum case to refuse permission to appeal or to refuse to admit a late application for permission to appeal, where—

(a) the appellant is not the Secretary of State;

(b) at the time the application is made the appellant is in the United Kingdom; and

(c) the decision is not made in a fast-track case.

(2) The Upper Tribunal must provide written notice of the refusal and of the reasons for the refusal (“the notice”) to the Secretary of State as soon as reasonably practicable.

(3) The Secretary of State must—

(a) send the notice to the appellant not later than 30 days after the Upper Tribunal provided it to the Secretary of State; and

(b) as soon as practicable after doing so, inform the Upper Tribunal of the date on which, and the means by which, it was sent.

(4) If the Secretary of State does not give the Upper Tribunal the information required by paragraph (3)(b) within 31 days after the notice was provided to the Secretary of State, the Upper Tribunal must send the notice to the appellant as soon as reasonably practicable.”