{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-tribunal-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-tribunal-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/178",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Tribunal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-tribunal-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Initiating an appeal",
  "text": "(1) A person who wishes to appeal to the Care Tribunal under Article 78A or 94A of the 1995 Order against a decision of the RQIA must do so by application in writing to the Care Tribunal.\n(2) An application under this paragraph must be received by the Secretary no later than 28 days after service of notice of the decision on the applicant.\n(3) An application under this paragraph may be made on the application form available from the Care Tribunal.\n(4) An application under this paragraph must –\n(a) give the applicant’s name and full postal address, if the applicant is an individual his date of birth and, if the applicant is a company, the address of its registered office;\n(b) give the name, address and profession of the person (if any) representing the applicant;\n(c) give the address within the United Kingdom to which the Secretary should send documents concerning the appeal;\n(d) give, where these are available, the applicant’s telephone number, fax number and e-mail address and those of the applicant’s representative;\n(e) give sufficient information concerning the decision appealed against to make it clear whether it falls within Article 78(3) or Article 94(3) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n(f) give a short statement of the grounds of appeal; and\n(g) be signed and dated by the applicant.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (11.4.2014) by Health and Social Care (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 5), Sch. para. 1(1)(b) (with Sch. para. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/178/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:50.804189+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."
}