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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-tribunal-general-provisions-and-disability-claims-procedure-regulations-2002/regulation-27",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1985",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (General Provisions and Disability Claims Procedure) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-tribunal-general-provisions-and-disability-claims-procedure-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Consolidating claims and hearing claims together with appeals under Part IV of the Education Act 1996",
  "text": "(1) Where more than one claim relates to the same child, or requires a decision on substantially the same issue, the President may order that they be heard together.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where a claim relates to the same child and either arises from the same circumstances or requires a decision on substantially the same issue as an appeal against a local education authority under Part IV of the 1996 Act, the President may order that the claim be heard with the appeal.\n(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall permit the President to make an order under that paragraph where a parent has failed to bring an appeal within the time limit for such appeals provided for by regulation 7(3) of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal Regulations 2001 or any extension granted under those Regulations.\n(4) The President may only make an order under paragraph (2) if, in addition to complying with the requirements of paragraph (7), the making of an order would not cause undue delay to the determination of the appeal.\n(5) The President may make an order varying or revoking an earlier order made under paragraphs (1) or (2).\n(6) Subject to paragraph (7), the President may issue an order under this regulation on the written request of either party or on his own initiative.\n(7) An order made under this regulation shall only be made if it appears to be just and convenient to do so, and before an order is made the parties to every claim or appeal affected shall be given an opportunity to be heard.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/600."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2010/1142",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1985/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:51:30.987269+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."
}