Paragraph 2 Acknowledgement and notification of applicationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

On receiving an application, the Secretary must –

(a)

immediately send an acknowledgement of its receipt to the applicant; and

(b)

subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, enter particulars of the appeal and the date of its receipt in the records and send a copy of it, together with any documents supplied by the applicant in support of it, to the respondent.

(2)

If the Chairman is of the opinion that the applicant is asking the Care Tribunal to do something which it cannot do, he may notify the applicant in writing –

(a)

of the reasons for his opinion; and

(b)

that the appeal will not be entered in the records unless within five working days the applicant notifies the Chairman in writing that he wishes to proceed with it.

(3)

If in the Secretary ’s opinion there is an obvious error in the application –

(a)

he may correct it;

(b)

he must notify the applicant accordingly; and

(c)

unless within five working days of receipt of notification under head (b) the applicant notifies the Secretary in writing that he objects to the correction, the application shall be amended accordingly.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)

Notes on Schedule 2

Textual amendments

F1: 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))