# Special Educational Needs Tribunal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (revoked) S.R. 1997/315 · made 24 June 1997 · revised to 1 September 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text EDUCATION Made 24th June 1997 Coming into operation 1st September 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Sittings of tribunals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Membership of tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Proof of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Certification of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Making an Appeal to the Tribunal and Reply by the Board ### The Parent ## 7 Notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Response, and supplementary provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Withdrawal of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Further action by parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Representatives of the parent: further provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### The Reply by the Board ## 12 Action by the board on receipt of a notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amendment of reply by the board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Failure to reply and absence of opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Representation at hearing and further action by the board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Preparation for a Hearing ## 16 Acknowledgement of appeal and service of documents by the Secretary of the Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Enquiries by the Secretary of the Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Directions and summonses in preparation for a hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Varying or setting aside of directions and summonses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Particulars and supplementary statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Disclosure of documents and other material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Summoning of witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Failure to comply with directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Notice of place and time of hearing and adjournments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: Determination of Appeals ## 25 Power to determine an appeal without a hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Hearings to be held in private: exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Failure of parties to attend hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Procedure at hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Evidence at hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Decision of the tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Review of the tribunal’s decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Review of the President’s decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Orders for costs and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: Additional Powers of and Provisions Relating to the Tribunal ## 34 Transfer of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Miscellaneous powers of the tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Power to strike out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Power to exercise powers of the President and Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 The Secretary of the Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Irregularities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Method of sending, delivering or serving notices and documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Extensions of time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Parent’s representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/315 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-tribunal-regulations-northern-ireland-1997-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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