The Special Educational Needs Tribunal Regulations 2001

Copy documents for parties

19.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Tribunal shall—

(a) forthwith send to the authority a copy of any amendment to the notice of appeal received during the case statement period;

(b) at the end of the case statement period send a copy of each party’s statement of case and written evidence to the other party;

(c) forthwith send copies of any amendments or supplementary statements, written representations, written evidence (other than written evidence of which a copy is received in accordance with regulation 33(2)(b)) or other documents received from a party after the end of the case statement period to the other party to the proceedings.

(2) If a notice of appeal, a statement of case, amendment, supplementary statement, written representation, written evidence or other document is delivered to the Secretary of the Tribunal after the time prescribed by these Regulations, the Secretary of the Tribunal shall not send a copy of it to the other party unless the President extends the time limit pursuant to regulation 51.

(3) If a notice of appeal is amended in accordance with regulation 9(2) so that the parent seeks an order that a maintained school, or a different maintained school, other than the one already named in the child’s statement be named in the statement, the Secretary of the Tribunal shall give the head teacher of that school notice of appeal, stating the name and date of birth of the child and the name of the authority unless the school is maintained by the authority.