Paragraph 2 Acknowledgement and notification of applicationF1

(1)

On receiving an application under paragraph 1, the Secretary shall—

(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 application and the date of its receipt in the records.

(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 application will not be entered in the records unless within 5 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 shall notify the applicant accordingly; and

(c)

unless within 5 working days of receipt of the notification under sub-paragrah (3) (b) of this sub-paragraph the applicant notifies the Secretary in writing that he objects to the correction, the application shall be amended accordingly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 7 inserted (21.7.2008) by The Care Tribunal (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/249), regs. 1, 2(10)