Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 20089

In rule 1(3) (definitions)13—

a

in the definition of “respondent”—

i

for paragraph (a) substitute—

a

in an appeal against an order made by a justice of the peace, the person who applied to the justice of the peace for the order;

ii

for paragraph (c) substitute—

c

in proceedings on a claim brought under paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to the Equality Act 201014 (disabled pupils: enforcement)—

i

the local authority or the governing body, where the school concerned is a maintained school;

ii

the proprietor, where the school concerned is an independent school;

iii

omit paragraph (d);

b

in the definition of “special educational needs case”, after paragraph (a) omit “or” and insert—

aa

a detained person’s EHC needs assessment within the meaning of section 70(5) of the Children and Families Act 201415, or