The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (General Provisions and Disability Claims Procedure) Regulations 2002

Copy of documents for parties

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

(a) forthwith send to the responsible body a copy of any amendment to the notice of claim 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 claim, 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(1).

(3) Where the Secretary of the Tribunal sends any of the copies of documents referred to in paragraph (1) to a party who has already informed the Secretary of the Tribunal in response to the enquiries made under regulation 20(a)(i) and (ii) that the party does not wish to attend or be represented at the hearing, the Secretary of the Tribunal shall ask whether the party wishes to amend that response on the basis of the copies received.