Regulation 3 Time within which objection must be referred
Subject to paragraph (3), an objection may not be referred under section 90(1) unless it is received by the appropriate person within 6 weeks after the receipt by the objecting admission authority of the notification required by virtue of section 89(4)(b)f1.
Subject to paragraph (3), an objection may not be referred under section 90(2) unless it is received by the appropriate person within 6 weeks after the date on which notice of the determination of the relevant admission arrangements was first published in a newspaper in the manner required by regulations under the Actf2.
An objection which is received after the end of the period specified in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be regarded as properly referred if the appropriate person is satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for the objection to have been received earlier than the time it was received.
In this regulation “the appropriate person” means (in England) the adjudicator or (in Wales) the Secretary of State.