The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008

Rules 20(1)(a) and 21(1)(a)

SCHEDULE U.K. Time limits for providing application notices and responses

Type of proceedings	Time for application notice	Time for response
Under Suspension Regulations (suspension of registration as a childcare provider)	10 working days after written notice of the decision was sent to the applicant	3 working days after the respondent received the application notice
Under section 79M of the Children Act 1989 M1 , except against a notice under section 79L(1)(a) of that Act (notice of intention to refuse an application for registration for childminding or providing day care) Under paragraph 10 of Schedule 26 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 M2 (appeal against a decision of the Chief Inspector for Wales) Under section 68 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (appeal against a decision of the Council) except an appeal against a refusal under section 58 of that Act (refusal of an application to be included on a register of social workers) Under section 74(1)(b) to (e) and (2) of the Childcare Act 2006 (appeal against steps taken by the Chief Inspector except refusal of application for registration or against a prescribed determination)	28 days after written notice of the decision was sent to the applicant	20 working days after the respondent received the application notice
Under section 21 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (refusal or cancellation of registration, or variation of conditions of registration, by registration authority or by order of a justice of the peace) Under section 32 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 M3 (appeal against a decision of the Care Quality Commission or an order of a justice of the peace cancelling registration) Health and Social Care Act 2008 Under section 166 of the Education Act 2002 (appeal against steps taken by the registration authority)	28 day time limits are set out in section 21(2) of the Care Standards Act 2000, section 166(2) of the Education Act 2002 and section 32(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008	20 working days after the respondent received the application notice
Under section 65A of the Children Act 1989 M4 (refusal to give consent for a person who is disqualified from fostering a child privately to carry on, be otherwise concerned in the management of, have any financial interest in, or be employed in, a children's home) Under section 79M of the Children Act 1989 against a notice under 79L(1)(a) of that Act (notice of intention to refuse an application for registration for childminding or for providing day care) Under section 4 of the Protection of Children Act 1999 (inclusion of a person on a list of individuals who are considered unsuitable to work with children, a refusal to remove a person from such list, or determination of inclusion on the list where a person has been provisionally included on the list for more than 9 months) Under section 68 of the Care Standards Act 2000 where the appeal is against a refusal under section 58 of that Act (refusal of an application to be included on a register of social workers) Under section 86 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (inclusion of a person on a list of individuals who are considered unsuitable to work with vulnerable adults, a refusal to remove a person from such list, or determination of inclusion on the list where a person has been provisionally included on the list for more than 9 months) Under the Education (Prohibition from Teaching or Working with Children) Regulations 2003 M5 (decision to give a direction, or a refusal to revoke a direction, prohibiting or restricting a person from working in education or in a job which brings them regularly into contact with children) Under section 74(1)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006 (refusal of registration as a childcare provider)	3 months after written notice of the decision was sent to the applicant	20 days after the respondent received the application notice
Under regulations made under section 28X of the National Health Service Act 1977 M6 (decision contingently to remove a person from a list maintained by a Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board of persons authorised to perform primary medical, dental or ophthalmic services, or local pharmaceutical services)	(a) for the first application in relation to a decision, 3 months after the decision was made; (b) for any further application in respect of the same decision, 6 months after the Tribunal made its last determination in relation to that decision; (c) for any further application in respect of the same decision where the parties apply jointly to the Tribunal with a view to seeking— (i) the same variation of conditions, (ii) the same imposition of different conditions, or (iii) for the contingent removal to be revoked, 1 month after the Tribunal made its last determination in relation to that decision.	21 days after the respondent received the application notice
Under Part 4 of and Schedule 27 to the Education Act 1996 M7 (provision of education to a child with special educational needs)	2 months after written notice of the decision was sent to the applicant	30 working days after the respondent received the application notice
Under section 28I of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 M8 (disability discrimination in the education of a child)	6 months after the decision or act complained of	30 working days after the respondent received the application notice

Marginal Citations

M1 1989 c.41. Sections 79L and 79M were inserted by section 79(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14).

M2 1998 c.31.

M3 2008 c.14.

M4 1989 c.41. Section 65A was inserted by section 116 of, and paragraph 14(1) and (14) of Schedule 4 to, the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14).

M5 S.I. 2003/1184.

M6 1977 c.49. Section 28X was inserted by section 179(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c.43). It was repealed by section 6 of, and Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c.43) subject to savings provisions in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act.

M7 1996 c.56.

M8 1995 c.50. Section 28I was inserted by section 18 of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c.10).