The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption) Regulations 2005

Appointment of panel and conduct of review

11.  Upon receipt of an application which has been made in accordance with regulation 10, the Secretary of State shall—

(a) notify the adoption agency which made the qualifying determination that the application has been made by sending to the agency a copy of the application;

(b) send a written acknowledgment of the application to the applicant and notify him of the steps taken under sub-paragraph (a);

(c) constitute a panel in accordance with regulation 4;

(d) fix a date, time and venue for the panel to meet for the purposes of a review meeting;

(e) after taking the steps prescribed in sub-paragraph (d), inform in writing the applicant and the adoption agency which made the qualifying determination of—

(i) the appointment of the panel; and

(ii) the date, time and venue of the review meeting; and

(f) inform the applicant in writing that he may, if he wishes, provide to the panel further details of the grounds of his application in writing in the period up to two weeks before the review meeting and orally at the review meeting.