# The Armed Forces Commissioner (Service Complaints Investigations) Regulations 2026, Regulation 11: Savings and transitional provisions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Any act, omission or other thing done or which, at the commencement date, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Ombudsman in respect of, or in connection with, the exercise of its functions under the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations, is to be treated as an act, omission or thing done or in the process of being done, and may be continued, by or in relation to the Commissioner.
(2) Any right, liability or obligation arising from anything done by or in relation to the Ombudsman for the purposes of, or in connection with, the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations (including any obligation of confidentiality imposed under regulation 9(6) of the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations) continues on and after the commencement date as if arising from the corresponding act of the Commissioner.
(3) Where, before the commencement date, by virtue of regulation 3(8) of the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations, an application under section 340H of the Act was to be treated as made on a particular day, it is to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as made on that day, as if the references in regulation 3(8) of the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations to the Ombudsman were to the Commissioner.
(4) Where, before the commencement date, by virtue of regulation 4(3) or 10(4) of the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations, a notification was to be treated as received on a particular day, it is to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as received on that day, as if references in regulation 4(3) or 10(3) of the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations to the Ombudsman were to the Commissioner.
(5) Where a period specified in regulation 4(1) or 10(2) of the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations has begun but not expired before the commencement date, that period continues to run on and after that date as if the reference to the Ombudsman in those regulations were to the Commissioner.
(6) Where a period specified in regulation 4(1) or 10(2) of the 2015 Ombudsman Regulations has expired before the commencement date, an application may be made after the commencement date under section 340H(1)(a) or (b), or regulation 10(1) of these Regulations, if the Commissioner considers that it is just and equitable to do so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/24/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-service-complaints-investigations-regulations-2026/regulation-11/enacted
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