Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008

9.  In rule 1(3) (definitions)(1)—

(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 2010(2) (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 2014(3), or”.

(1)

In rule 1(3) the definition of respondent has been amended by S.I. 2010/2653, 2011/651 and 2013/477.