C2PART 3Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities

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Appeals, mediation and dispute resolution

I1I256Mediation: 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;

C1f

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;

F1b

an integrated care board;

c

F2NHS England.

4

In this section “commissioning body” means a body that is under a duty to arrange health care provision of any kind.