Protection of Children Act Tribunal Regulations 2000

Acknowledgement and notification of application

4.—(1) On receiving an application, the Secretary shall—

(a) send an acknowledgement of its receipt to the applicant;

(b) subject to the following provisions of this regulation, enter particulars of it in the records and send a copy of it, together with any documents supplied by the applicant in support of it, to the respondent.

(2) The Secretary may—

(a) send the proposed respondent brief particulars relating to the application, and

(b) allow him five working days in which to make any comment on it.

(3) If the Secretary is of the opinion that the applicant is asking the Tribunal to do something which it cannot do, she may notify the applicant in writing—

(a) of the reasons for her opinion, and

(b) that the application will not be entered in the records unless within five working days the applicant notifies the Secretary in writing that he wishes to proceed with it.

(4) If in the Secretary’s opinion there is an obvious error in the application—

(a) she may correct it;

(b) she shall notify the applicant accordingly; and

(c) unless within five working days of receipt of notification under sub-paragraph (b) the applicant notifies her in writing that he objects to the correction, the application shall be amended accordingly.