Rulebook · Time limit
Copy of the reply to a Tribunal recommendation sent to the Secretary of State
The council must send the Secretary of State a copy of its own reply about social care, and of any reply it received from the health body about health. This is separate from the reply to the family and does not change it.
- How it is counted
- Within 1 week beginning with the date of the council's reply (social care), or the day the council received the health body's reply (health): that day counts, so the period ends the day before the same day of the week 1 week later.
- Whose date it is
- The council
- What starts it
- The council or the health body sent its written reply to a Tribunal health or social care recommendation
- What counts as done
- The council sent the Secretary of State a copy of the written reply to a Tribunal health or social care recommendation
- Type of rule
- Law (Act or Regulations)
- Rule id
recommendation_response_copy- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
For a reply from the health body, the week begins with the day the council received it, which can be later than the day it was sent. Plenda counts from the date given for the reply.
Sources
- SEND (First-tier Tribunal Recommendations Power) Regulations 2017, reg 7(4)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND (First-tier Tribunal Recommendations Power) Regulations 2017, reg 6(6)Law (Act or Regulations)
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