Rule 20 Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008

in the definition of “disability discrimination in schools case”, after “child” insert “or young person”;

for the definition of “special educational needs case”, substitute—

• ““special educational needs case” means proceedings concerning—

  1. (a)

     an EHC needs assessment within the meaning of section 36(2) of the Children and Families Act 2014^f1, or

  2. (b)

     an EHC plan within the meaning of section 37(2) of that Act,

of a child or young person who has or may have special educational needs;”;

after the definition of “working day” insert—

• ““young person” means, in relation to a special educational needs case or a disability discrimination in schools case, a person over compulsory school age but under 25;”