1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (General Provisions and Disability Claims Procedure) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st September 2002.
(2) Regulations 3 to 6 apply in relation to the jurisdiction of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal(1).
(3) Parts II to V of these Regulations apply in relation to the making of, and the proceedings of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal on, a claim of unlawful discrimination under the 1995 Act.
(4) These Regulations shall apply to England and Wales.
The jurisdiction of the Tribunal is conferred on it by Part IV of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) and Chapter 1 of Part IV of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) (Chapter 1 inserted by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c. 10)).