# The Additional Support for Learning (Co-ordinated Support Plan) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010, Regulation 3: Insertion of regulation 4A

Extent: S

After regulation 4 (time limit for preparation of the plan) insert—
“Time limit for response to request to establish whether a child or young person requires a plan
4A. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where an education authority receives a request referred to in section 6(2)(b) of that Act, that authority must within a period of 8 weeks starting on the date of receipt by it of the request—
(a) inform, under section 11(2)(a), the person who made the request, of its proposal; or
(b) inform under section 28(2), that person of its decision not to comply with the request.
(2) Where the circumstances provided for in sub-paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 7 apply, an education authority must on becoming aware that the period of 8 weeks cannot be complied with—
(a) establish a date by which it must inform the person who made the request of its decision whether or not to comply with the request; and
(b) inform that person of that date.
(3) The date established under paragraph (2) above must not exceed the period of 8 weeks by longer than is reasonably necessary in the circumstances and in any event must not be more than 16 weeks from the date of receipt of the request.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/149/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/additional-support-for-learning-co-ordinated-support-plan-scotland-amendment-regulations-2010/regulation-3
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