{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representations-procedure-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representations-procedure-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/451",
  "legislation_title": "The Representations Procedure (Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representations-procedure-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Recommendations",
  "text": "(1) When a panel meets in accordance with regulation 7, it shall decide on its recommendations and record these with its reasons in writing within 24 hours of the end of the meeting.\n(2) The panel shall give notice of its recommendations to—\n(a) the authority;\n(b) the complainant;\n(c) the independent person appointed under regulation 4, if different from the independent person on the panel;\n(d) any other person whom the authority considers has sufficient interest in the case.\n(3) The authority shall, together with the independent person appointed to the panel under regulation 7(3), consider what action, if any, should be taken in relation to the child in the light of the representation, and that independent person shall take part in any discussions about any such action.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted (temp.)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2020/78",
      "affecting_title": "The Children’s Social Care (Coronavirus) (Temporary Modification of Children’s Social Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/451/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:24.250921+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."
}