Section 340L Report and recommendations : service complaints investigations
Those recommendations are—
The F11Commissioner may for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) or (c) make any recommendations that the Commissioner considers appropriate, including recommendations for the purpose of remedying—
the maladministration or undue delay to which the finding relates, and
any injustice that the Commissioner considers has or could have been sustained, in consequence of the maladministration or undue delay, by the complainant.
The report must include the F12Commissioner’s reasons for each of the findings and recommendations.
The F13Commissioner must send a copy of the report to—
the Defence Council,
the complainant, and
any other persons specified, or of a description specified, in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
The F14Commissioner may send a copy of the report to any other persons the Commissioner considers appropriate.
The Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to reports under this section; and the regulations may in particular include—
further provision about the preparation of reports;
provision for the correction of accidental errors in reports;
provision about obligations (including obligations of confidentiality) that may be imposed on persons to whom reports are sent.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Pt. 14A inserted (1.1.2016) by Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 (c. 19), ss. 2(1), 7(1); S.I. 2015/1957, reg. 2 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/1969)
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Words in s. 340L(1) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 10(h); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Words in s. 340L(1) inserted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 20(b); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(d)(i); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(f)(i); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(d)(ii); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(f)(i); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(d)(ii); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(f)(i); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(d)(ii); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(3) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(f)(ii); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(4) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(d)(iii); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(5) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(f)(iii); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Word in s. 340L(6) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(f)(iv); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
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Words in s. 340L heading inserted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 20(a); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act expires on 15.12.2022 by virtue of s. 382 (as substituted (15.12.2021) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 1(1), 24(2)(a)) (subject to power to continue in s. 382(2)(3) as so substituted)