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Regulation 5 Monitoring of compliance with the Regulations

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(1)

Every local authority must monitor the arrangements that it has made with a view to ensuring that it complies with these Regulations by keeping a record of the following—

(a)

each case considered by the local authority in which the complainant used an advocate; and

(b)

what organisation (if any) the advocate came from; and

(c)

the complainant’s views (if any) of the assistance provided by the advocate.

(2)

For the purposes of such monitoring, each local authority must, at least once in every period of twelve months, compile a report on the operation in that period of the procedure set out in these Regulations.

(3)

The first report referred to in paragraph (2) must be compiled within twelve months of the date of coming into force of these Regulations.