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The Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) Regulations 2016

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29.—(1) Where a person has received notification under regulation 28(2) of the imposition of a penalty, that person may apply for a review of the imposition of the penalty or the assessment of the amount of the penalty or both.

(2) The application must be made—

(a)to the Commissioners; and

(b)either—

(i)within the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the applicant was notified of the decision; or

(ii)if the period for making the application has been extended under regulation 30, within the extended period.

(3) The application must be made—

(a)in writing by electronic communications and paragraphs (2) to (5) of regulation 14 apply as if for “declaration” wherever it appears there were substituted “application”; and

(b)in such form as may be specified by the Commissioners.

(4) The application must—

(a)contain sufficient information to identify the applicant and the decision; and

(b)set out the reasons for seeking a review of the decision.

(5) If an application for a review of a decision is made to the Commissioners in accordance with this regulation, the Commissioners must review the decision.

(6) On a review under this regulation, the Commissioners may—

(a)uphold the decision;

(b)vary the decision; or

(c)quash the decision.

(7) If the applicant makes any representations to the Commissioners at a stage which gives the Commissioners a reasonable opportunity to consider them, the Commissioners must take account of them when carrying out the review.

(8) Where—

(a)the Commissioners notify the applicant of further information or evidence which they may need for carrying out the review, and

(b)the information or evidence is not provided to them within the period of 15 days beginning with the day on which the notice was given,

the review may proceed without that information or evidence.

(9) The Commissioners must notify the applicant of the matters set out in paragraph (10) within—

(a)the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the Commissioners received the application for the review;

(b)if the applicant has been given a notice under paragraph (8), the period of 45 days beginning with that day; or

(c)such other period as the applicant and the Commissioners may agree.

(10) The matters referred to in paragraph (9) are—

(a)the conclusion on the review;

(b)the reasons for the conclusion;

(c)if the conclusion is that the decision is upheld or varied, details of the person’s right to appeal against that decision.

(11) If the Commissioners do not comply with paragraph (9), the review is to be treated as having concluded that the decision is upheld and the Commissioners must notify the applicant of that conclusion.

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