PART 3Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities
Appeals, mediation and dispute resolution
56Mediation: supplementary
1
Regulations may make provision for the purposes of sections 52 to 55, in particular—
a
about giving notice;
b
imposing time limits;
c
enabling a local authority or commissioning body to take prescribed steps following the conclusion of mediation;
d
about who may attend mediation;
e
where a child's parent is a party to mediation, requiring the mediator to take reasonable steps to ascertain the views of the child;
f
about the provision of advocacy and other support services for the parent or young person;
g
requiring a local authority or commissioning body to pay reasonable travel expenses and other expenses of a prescribed description, up to any prescribed limit;
h
about exceptions to the requirement in section 55(3);
i
about the training, qualifications and experience of mediators and mediation advisers;
j
conferring powers or imposing requirements on local authorities, commissioning bodies, mediators and mediation advisers.
2
In section 55 and this section “mediation adviser” means an independent person who can provide information and advice about pursuing mediation.
3
For the purposes of subsection (2), a person is not independent if he or she is employed by any of the following—
a
a local authority in England;
b
a clinical commissioning group;
c
the National Health Service Commissioning Board.
4
In this section “commissioning body” means a body that is under a duty to arrange health care provision of any kind.