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When is the deadline for application to the first-tier tribunal to order the commissioner to progress a complaint?

The catalogue records a 28 days period from The expiry of six months from the date on which the Commissioner received the complaint. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.

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Period
28 days
Trigger
The expiry of six months from the date on which the Commissioner received the complaint
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  • Extendable. Rule 22(7) requires a late notice to include a request for an extension of time and the reason it was not provided in time, and rule 5(3)(a) gives the tribunal a general power to extend. But an unextended late application must not be admitted, so treat it as a hard date unless and until an extension is granted.
  • The trap worth surfacing: the substantive s.166(1)(b) trigger is three months from the Commissioner's receipt of the complaint, but this rule anchors the 28 day window to the expiry of SIX months. Two computations are needed - six months from receipt of the complaint, then 28 days from that date. Rule 12 governs the mechanics: acts must be done before 5pm on the day, and if the

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