{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/additional-support-needs-tribunals-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-rules-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/88",
  "legislation_title": "The Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/additional-support-needs-tribunals-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004;\n“the appellant” means the person who makes a reference to a Tribunal under section 18 of the Act;\n“an appeal committee” means a committee set up under section 28D of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;\n“the authority” means the education authority responsible for the school education of the child or young person;\n“case statement period” means the period referred to in rule 8;\n“the child or young person” means the child or young person to whom a reference relates;\n“convener” means the President or individual selected by the President from the panel (“the panel of conveners”) appointed by the Scottish Ministers under paragraph 3(1)(a) of schedule 1 to the Act to act as the convener of a Tribunal;\n“decision” in relation to a Tribunal includes–\n(a) an order, including dismissal of a reference;\n(b) a requirement under section 19 of the Act; and\n(c) a reference by a Tribunal to an appeal committee under section 19(5)(c) of the Act;\n“electronic communication” has the meaning given to it by section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 and “electronic signature” has the same meaning as in section 7 of that Act;\n“grounds of reference” includes the matters specified in rule 5(2)(f) and (g);\n“hearing” means a sitting of a Tribunal for the purpose of enabling the Tribunal to take a decision on a reference or on any question or matter at which the parties are entitled to attend and be heard;\n“members” means the individuals selected by the President from the panel (“the panel of members”) appointed by the Scottish Ministers under paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act to act as a member of a Tribunal;\n“overriding objective” means the objective referred to in rule 3;\n“party” means either the appellant or authority in respect of any reference made to a Tribunal;\n“reference” means a reference under section 18(1) of the Act;\n“Register” means the Register of References to the Tribunals kept in pursuance of rule 44;\n“response” means a written response submitted by an authority under rule 10;\n“the Secretary” means the member of the Tribunal staff for the time being appointed to act as secretary to the Tribunals;\n“working day” means any day which is not–\n(a) a Saturday;\n(b) a Sunday;\n(c) a day from 27th December to 31st December inclusive;\n(d) a day in July; or\n(e) a day specified as a bank holiday in Scotland in or by virtue of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;\n“in writing” has the meaning in section 29(5) of the Act; and\n“written evidence” includes evidence recorded in any way.\n(2) In these Rules–\n(a) a reference to a rule is a reference to a rule in these Rules, and in any rule a reference to a paragraph or sub paragraph is, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to a paragraph or sub paragraph in the rule; and\n(b) where the time prescribed by these Rules for doing any act expires on a day which is not a working day, that act is done in time if it is done on the next working day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 44; section 28D was inserted by section 1 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2010/152",
      "affecting_title": "The Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Amendment Rules 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2010/152",
      "affecting_title": "The Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Amendment Rules 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/88/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:16.485942+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}