Rulebook · Time limit
Mediation certificate after mediation
The mediation adviser must issue the certificate that mediation took place, so you can appeal if you still disagree.
- How it is counted
- Within 3 working days of the mediation ending: not counting that day, weekends or bank holidays in England.
- Whose date it is
- The mediation adviser
- What starts it
- Mediation ended
- What counts as done
- The mediation certificate was issued
- Type of rule
- Law (Act or Regulations)
- Rule id
mediation_certificate_after_mediation- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
Part of how this date is counted is less certain in the law. Check the sources, and the counting note above.
Sources
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 39(1)Law (Act or Regulations)
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 55(5)Law (Act or Regulations)
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