The Agricultural Land Tribunals Rules 1978 - continued

FORM OF REPLY

Reply
    15. (1) Any party who intends to oppose the whole or any part of an application to the tribunal shall, within one month of a copy of the application being served on him under rule 17 (or, in a drainage case, within the time allowed by rule 21 (5)), reply thereto in the form appended to the copy of the application served on him.

    (2) Where no reply is received by the secretary within the time allowed by paragraph (1), the tribunal may decide to make an order in the terms of the application without a formal hearing.

    (3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to an application under rule 5 or to an application by the Crown under section 6 of the 1977 Act, and paragraph (2) does not apply in a drainage case.