{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-service-complaints-investigations-regulations-2026/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-service-complaints-investigations-regulations-2026/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Investigation procedure",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner must give—\n(a) the Defence Council,\n(b) any person alleged by the complainant in their application under section 340H(1) to have been responsible for maladministration (including any undue delay) in connection with the handling of the service complaint,\n(c) any person who the Commissioner considers is a subject of the service complaint,\n(d) any person who the Commissioner considers is likely to be the subject of criticism in relation to that person’s character or professional reputation in the findings or recommendations in the Commissioner’s report under section 340L(1),\nan opportunity to comment on any relevant matter.\n(2) If the Commissioner decides to hold an oral hearing for the purposes of an investigation, the oral hearing must be conducted in private, unless the Commissioner considers that it is necessary to hold all or part of the hearing in public.\n(3) If the Commissioner decides to hold an oral hearing in public, the Commissioner may impose such restrictions on attendance at, or the reporting of, that hearing as they consider reasonable.\n(4) The Commissioner may decide that a person may be represented, including by a legally-qualified person, at a hearing, if the Commissioner considers that is—\n(a) necessary for the fair determination of the investigation; or\n(b) necessary to protect the rights or interests of any person.\n(5) The Commissioner may pay to any person who attends a hearing to give evidence or supplies a document or information for the purposes of an investigation—\n(a) such sums as the Commissioner may determine in respect of expenses properly incurred by the person (excluding any legal expenses or fees); and\n(b) such allowances as the Commissioner may determine by way of compensation for the loss of the person’s time.\n(6) In paragraph (1), “relevant matter” means—\n(a) any allegation contained in the application by the complainant under section 340H(1); and\n(b) any possible maladministration which the Commissioner investigates under section 340H(7).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 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/8",
    "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."
}