{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-service-complaints-investigations-regulations-2026/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-service-complaints-investigations-regulations-2026/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/24",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Commissioner (Service Complaints Investigations) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-service-complaints-investigations-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Time limits: applications to the Commissioner",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), an application to the Commissioner which asks for an investigation within section 340H(1)(a) or (b) may not be made after a period of six weeks beginning with the relevant date.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) “the relevant date” is—\n(a) where the complainant brings an appeal under regulation 10 of the 2015 Service Complaints Regulations and the appeal has been determined, the date on which the complainant received notification of the determination of the appeal;\n(b) where—\n(i) the complainant brings an appeal under regulation 10 of the 2015 Service Complaints Regulations,\n(ii) the Defence Council decides that the appeal cannot be proceeded with because (and only because) it was not brought on a valid ground, and\n(iii) the complainant does not apply for a review by the Commissioner of that decision,\nthe date on which the complainant received notification from the Defence Council that the appeal cannot be proceeded with because it was not brought on a valid ground;\n(c) where—\n(i) the complainant brings an appeal under regulation 10 of the 2015 Service Complaints Regulations,\n(ii) the Defence Council decides that the appeal cannot be proceeded with because (and only because) it was not brought on a valid ground,\n(iii) the complainant applies for a review by the Commissioner of that decision, and\n(iv) on such a review, the decision mentioned in paragraph (ii) is upheld by the Commissioner,\nthe date on which the complainant received notification from the Commissioner that the appeal cannot be proceeded with because it was not brought on a valid ground;\n(d) where the complainant does not have grounds (of which the complainant is aware) on which they are entitled to bring an appeal against the decision, the date on which the complainant received notification of the decision on the service complaint.\n(3) An application may be made after the end of the period stated in paragraph (1), if the Commissioner considers that it is just and equitable to allow this.\n(4) In this regulation, the reference to the day on which the complainant received notification shall be deemed to be a reference to the second day after the day on which the notification was posted or sent electronically to the complainant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 excluded (1.4.2026) by S.I. 2015/1969, reg. 13(4) (as amended by The Armed Forces Commissioner (Service Complaints Investigations) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/24), regs. 1(2), 12(3) (with reg. 11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2026, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/24/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:31.087427+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}