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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-tribunal-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Response to application",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary must send the information provided by the applicant under paragraph 1 to the respondent together with a request that it respond to the application within 20 working days of receiving it.\n(2) If the respondent fails to respond as requested it shall not be entitled to take any further part in the proceedings.\n(3) The response must –\n(a) acknowledge that the respondent has received a copy of the application;\n(b) indicate whether or not it opposes it, and if it does, why; and\n(c) provide the following information and documents –\n(i) the name, address and profession of the person (if any) representing the respondent and whether the Care Tribunal should send documents concerning the appeal to the representative rather than to the respondent; and\n(ii) a copy of the written notice of the decision which is the subject of the appeal and the reasons for the decision.\n(4) The Secretary must without delay send to the applicant a copy of the response and the information and documents provided with it.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/178/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}