(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules make amendments to the various procedural rules which apply in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal. Some of the amendments made by these Rules are temporary, and rule 1(2) provides that that those amendments will expire on the same day as section 55(b) of the Coronavirus Act 2020.
Rule 2 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2699) (“the HESC Rules”).
Rule 3 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2685).
Rule 4 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2686).
Rule 5 amends the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2698) (“the UT Rules”).
Rule 6 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/1976).
Rule 7 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Tax Chamber) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/273)
Rule 8 amends the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Lands Chamber) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2600).
Rule 9 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1169).
Rule 10 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2604) (“the IAC Rules”).
There are two kinds of amendments that have been made to each set of Rules: the addition of a temporary provision about access to recordings of remote hearings, and amendments to the provisions on the exercise of judicial functions by staff.
A provision in the HESC Rules about the calculation of time has also been amended. The IAC Rules and UT Rules have been amended to update and remove some outdated or redundant references.