Regulation

General Regulatory Chamber tribunal procedure rules

Rules for how cases are handled in the General Regulatory Chamber, which deals with appeals against government regulators.

• From: Tribunal Procedure Committee
• Published: 20 October 2014
• Last updated: 4 September 2025
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  1. 4 September 2025

     Rules updated.

  2. 9 May 2024

     Rules updated.

  3. 6 February 2023

     Rules updated.

  4. 19 August 2022

     Rules updated.

  5. 14 October 2020

     Rules updated.

  6. 14 April 2020

     The Tribunal Procedure (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 added.

  7. 18 November 2019

     SI update.

  8. 27 September 2019

     First-tier Tribunal (GRC) Rules Consolidated version – including amendments as at 24 September 2019.

  9. 19 February 2019

     The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 updated.

  10. 20 October 2014

      First published.

Documents

The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 (as amended)

Ref: SI 2009 No 1976 (L 20)

PDF, 363 KB, 24 pages

Details

These consolidated rules are supplemented by the The Tribunal Procedure (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020
This supplement will expire on the same day as section 55(b) of the Coronavirus Act 2020.

The rules are used in the following types of case:

• charity
• claims management services
• community right to bid
• copyright licensing
• electronic communications and postal services
• environment
• estate agents
• exam board
• food
• gambling
• immigration services
• information rights
• pensions regulation
• professional regulation
• transport

The rules include how to appeal, how hearings are conducted, and how the tribunal reaches decisions.

The unofficial consolidated version of the rules includes changes since the rules came onto effect in 2009.