These rules prescribe the procedure to be followed before the Copyright Tribunal (“Tribunal”) established by section 23 of the Copyright Act 1956 and renamed by section 145 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“the Act”) in relation to proceedings before the Tribunal including proceedings under the Act.

Part I contains the definitions used in the Rules, the overriding objective of the Rules and rules on representation and rights of audience before the Tribunal.

Part II and Schedule 1 set out the procedure for commencing proceedings in the Tribunal and the form to be used, the Tribunal’s powers to reject an application and the applicant’s powers to amend or withdraw an application.

Part III sets out the procedure for responding to an application.

Part IV sets out requirements for publication of an application and the procedure for intervening in proceedings before the Tribunal. It also allows the Tribunal to consolidate applications if certain conditions are met.

Part V imposes obligations on the Tribunal to allocate and, if necessary, to re-allocate, an application to a small applications or standard applications track.

Part VI contains rules on the case management of applications and imposes an obligation on the Tribunal to exercise these powers with a view to ensuring that the application is dealt with justly.

Part VII sets out the rules that apply to a hearing.

Part VIII contains the rules that apply to the delivery of a decision, costs orders and the effective date of an order.

Part IX sets out the rules that apply to an appeal and to a suspension of an order.

Part X sets out rules on interim orders and awards. These rules do not apply to applications in the small applications track.

Part XI contains supplemental provisions including rules on enforcement of decisions of the Tribunal.

Part XII revokes the Copyright Tribunal Rules 198911.

Schedule 2 sets out the fees for applications made to the Tribunal.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.