The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Amendment Regulations 1990

Substitution of a new regulation 28 in the principal Regulations

14.  For regulation 28 of the principal Regulations (representation and preliminary statement), there shall be substituted the following regulation:–

“Representation and preliminary statement

28.— (1) A representation shall–

(a) be made in writing;

(b) be signed by the complainant or on his behalf by some person authorised by him;

(c) include a preliminary statement of the alleged facts and the grounds upon which he intends to rely,

and shall be sent to the clerk of the Tribunal.

(2) The Tribunal may if they think fit–

(a) direct the complainant to furnish such further particulars of those facts or grounds as they may reasonably require; and

(b) where a fact does not appear to them to be within the personal knowledge of the complainant, require details of the source of his information about that fact and of the grounds for the complainant’s belief that the information is true; and

(c) require any preliminary statement under this regulation to be verified by statutory declaration.”.