6.—(1) Parents may, in respect of their child, appeal to the Appeals Board against an assessment made under section 3 or 4 in relation to the child on the ground that it was not carried out in a manner which conforms with the standards determined under section 5(5).

(2) The Appeals Board shall hear and determine an appeal under this section within 2 months after the making thereof and such a determination may be one either to—

(a) allow the appeal and give such direction as it considers appropriate to the principal, the F11[Health Service Executive] or the Council, as appropriate, (which may include a direction requiring a fresh assessment under section 3 or 4 to be carried out in relation to the child), or

(b) dismiss the appeal.

(3) A principal of a school, F12[the Health Service Executive] or the Council shall comply with a direction given to him or her or it under subsection (2).