{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-england-consolidation-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-england-consolidation-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3346",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-england-consolidation-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Time limits and prescribed information",
  "text": "(1) Immediately before “within 6 weeks” in paragraph (1) of regulation 12 insert “no earlier than the period specified in that notice pursuant to section 323(1)(d) and”.\n(2) For paragraph (3) of regulation 12 substitute—\n“(3) Where section 329A(3) applies and an authority serve a notice on a child’s parent informing him that they are considering a request from a responsible body that an assessment of a child be made, they shall, no earlier than the end of the period specified in the notice pursuant to section 329A(3)(d) and within 6 weeks of receipt of the request, give notice to that body—\n(a) of their decision to make an assessment, and of their reasons for making that decision, or\n(b) of their decision not to assess the educational needs of the child, and of their reasons for making that decision.”.\n(3) In paragraph (4) of regulation 12 for “Where section 329A applies an authority shall, within 6 weeks of the date of receipt of a request from a responsible body that an assessment of a child be made, give notice to the child’s parent—” substitute—\n“Where section 329A(7) or (8) applies and an authority have served a notice on the parent under section 329A(3) that they are considering a request from a responsible body that an assessment of a child be made, they shall, no earlier than the end of the specified period in that notice pursuant to section 329A(3)(d) and within 6 weeks of the date of receipt of the request, give notice to the child’s parent—”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3346/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:12:10.908458+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."
}