# The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Detained Persons) Regulations 2015, Regulation 20: Where the appropriate person does not wish to or fails to pursue mediation


(1) Where an appropriate person who is required to obtain a mediation certificate informs the mediation adviser that he or she does not wish to pursue mediation, the mediation adviser must issue a mediation certificate under section 55(4) of the Act within 3 working days of being informed by the appropriate person.
(2) The mediation adviser may not issue such a certificate if the appropriate person did not contact the mediation adviser within 2 months of the date of the notice issued by the home authority.
(3) An appropriate person may seek leave to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal not withstanding that he or she is required to obtain a mediation certificate and a mediation adviser has not issued a certificate to him or her, where the appropriate person has failed to comply with regulation 18 and the time for doing so has elapsed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/62/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-detained-persons-regulations-2015/regulation-20
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