# The Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2015, Regulation 8: Part 3 complaint refused at an initial stage

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

(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply to a Part 3 complaint that, but for regulation 3(2) of these Regulations (pre-commencement complaints refused at an initial stage after 1st October 2015 are not finalised complaints), would be a finalised complaint because it has been refused at an initial stage before the commencement date.
(2) The refusal is to be treated as if it were a decision made by the specified officer under new regulation 5(1) that the complaint is not admissible.
(3) New regulation 7(2) (time limit for asking the Ombudsman to review a decision that a complaint is not admissible) applies to the complaint as if the reference to four weeks were to three months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1969/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-and-financial-assistance-act-2015-transitional-and-savings-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-8
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