Tribunals And Inquiries Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2012 and come into force— a for the purposes of rules 2 and 3, on 1st September 2012; b for all other purposes, on 1st July 2012. Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 2 The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 are amended as follows. 3 In paragraph (1) of rule 21 (the response)— a in sub-paragraph (c), after “in schools case” insert “to which sub-paragraph (cc) does not apply”; b at the end of sub-paragraph (c) insert a new sub-paragraph— cc in a disability discrimination in schools case that includes a claim for the reinstatement of a child who has been permanently excluded, within 15 working days after the respondent received the application notice; . Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 4 The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 are amended as follows. 5 In paragraph (3) of rule 1 (interpretation etc)— a in the definition of “appropriate national authority” after “Scottish Ministers” insert “, the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland”; b for the definition of “authorised person” substitute— “ authorised person ” means— an examiner appointed by the Secretary of State under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 ; an examiner appointed by the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland under Article 74 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ; or any person authorised in writing by the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland for the purposes of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 ; and includes a person acting under the direction of such an examiner or other authorised person, who has detained the vehicle to which an appeal relates; c in the definition of “respondent”, for “against any other decision except a decision of a traffic commissioner” substitute “other than a road transport case”; d before the definition of “tribunal” insert— “ road transport case ” means an appeal against a decision of a traffic commissioner or the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland; . 6 In paragraph (3) of rule 20A (procedure for applying for a stay of a decision pending an appeal) — a in the first line, for “for a stay of a decision of a traffic commissioner” substitute “in a road transport case”; b for each reference to “traffic commissioner” in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), substitute “decision maker”. 7 In paragraph (6) of rule 23 (notice of appeal), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute— b in a road transport case, to— i the decision maker; ii the appropriate national authority; and iii in a case relating to the detention of a vehicle, the authorised person . 8 In paragraph (1) of rule 24 (response to the notice of appeal), for “an appeal against a decision of a traffic commissioner” substitute “a road transport case”. 9 In Schedule 1 (procedure after the notice of appeal in appeals against decisions of traffic commissioners)— a in the heading for “appeals against decisions of traffic commissioners” substitute “road transport cases”; b in paragraph 1, for “an appeal against the decision of a traffic commissioner” substitute “road transport cases”; c in paragraph 3, for each reference to “traffic commissioner” and “traffic commissioner’s”, substitute “decision maker” and “decision maker’s” respectively; d for paragraph 3(d), substitute— d in an appeal under— i section 50 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 or section 37 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 , or ii section 35 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010, a list of the names and addresses of objectors and representors. ; e in paragraph 4— i in sub-paragraph (b)— aa before “each” insert “to”, and bb at the end of that sub-paragraph omit “and”; ii after sub-paragraph (c), insert— d in an appeal under section 35(5) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010, to each person who made representations under section 11(4) or 18(2) of that Act. ; f in paragraph 10, for “traffic commissioner” substitute “decision maker”. We make these Rules Brian F J Langstaff Philip Brook Smith QC Simon Cox Simon Ennals Mark Rowland Lesley Clare Douglas J May QC Bronwyn McKenna M T Reed I allow these Rules, Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor J Djanogly Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Justice 22nd May 2012