Commentary on Sections of the Act Part 2 – Additional Learning Needs Chapter 5 – General Section 83 - Parents and young people lacking capacity
175.Section 83 requires regulations to be made to enable parents and young people who are lacking mental capacity at a time when they have a right to something under Part 2 (e.g. to receive a notification or to make an appeal), to be represented by an appropriate person. In this section, reference to lacking capacity refers to the definition in the Mental Capacity Act 2005.