The Additional Support for Learning Dispute Resolution (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Application for referral to dispute resolution

3.—(1) Where any person mentioned in section 16(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act submits an application in writing to the education authority in relation to any specified matter, the authority must, unless they consider regulation 4(3) applies, make the arrangements specified in regulation 4.

(2) An application must include–

(a) the name and address of the applicant, and where that person is not the child or young person the subject of the application, the name and address of the child or young person who is the subject of the application;

(b) the specified matter and a summary of the circumstances giving rise to the application;

(c) a copy of any advice, information or request relevant to the subject matter of the application and, where applicable, a copy of any decision of the education authority which the applicant wishes to be taken into account by the education authority and the independent adjudicator in considering the application;

(d) the grounds, by reference to the provisions of the Act relevant to the specified matter, on which the specified matter is to be considered by the independent adjudicator;

(e) the views of the applicant of the means by which, or the manner in which, the specified matter could be resolved; and

(f) where known to the applicant, any views expressed by the child or young person on the application.