{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/2064",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Notifications to the Commissioner",
  "text": "Where in accordance with section 340N(1), the Commissioner refers to the appropriate officer a communication that alleges that a person who is or was subject to service law has been wronged, the appropriate officer shall within 3 weeks beginning with the occurrence of any of the following events notify the Commissioner—\n(a) that he or she has informed the person that the allegation has been referred;\n(b) that he or she has complied with section 340N(3)(b);\n(c) of the decision of the person whether he or she wishes to make a service complaint in respect of the alleged wrong;\n(d) of a decision under regulations made for the purposes of section 340B(4)(a) that the service complaint is not admissible;\n(e) of a decision under regulations made for the purposes of section 340C(2) whether the complaint is well-founded and, if so, on what redress is appropriate;\n(f) of a decision under regulations made for the purposes of section 340D(2)(c) that an appeal may not be brought because of the expiry of the specified period;\n(g) of a determination of an appeal brought under regulations made for the purposes of section 340D(1);\n(h) of the withdrawal of a service complaint made in respect of the alleged wrong.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Regulations substituted (1.4.2026) by The Armed Forces Commissioner (Family Definition, and Consequential and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/372), regs. 1(2), 5(3) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 applied (with modifications) (1.1.2016) by The Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1969), regs. 1, 7(12)(13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 1.1.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1066",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1066",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1066",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/2064/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:28:46.094359+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."
}