The School Admissions (Appeals Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012 No. 9

[F1 SCHEDULE 2 E+W Temporary amendments of Constitution of Appeal Panels and Procedure Rules

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 inserted (temp.) (24.4.2020) by virtue of The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/446), regs. 1, 11 (with regs. 2, 3(2), 4, 5); (as amended (31.1.2021) by The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/14), regs. 1, 2 and (7.7.2022) by The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/662), regs. 1, 2)

Time limits E+W

4.— (1) The admission authority must provide appellants with at least 14 days’ written notice of an appeal hearing.

(2) The admission authority may set new or revised reasonable deadlines for—

(a) an appellant to submit additional evidence;

(b) the admission authority to submit their evidence; and

(c) the clerk to send relevant appeal papers to the appeal panel and the parties.

(3) An appeal panel must send decision letters on appeals to the parties within 7 days of the hearing, or finalisation of the determination of the appeal, wherever possible.

(4) All appeals which have been lodged, whether in time or not, must be heard and determined by an appeal panel as soon as reasonably practicable.]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 amendment to transitional provisions of earlier amending S.I. 2020/446 (E.) (31.1.2021) by The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/14), regs. 1, 2