{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-regulations-2015/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-regulations-2015/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1955",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Procedure with respect to decisions and determinations",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of making a decision under regulation 9(2)(a) or (b), or a determination under regulation 13(2)(a) or (b), the person or panel of persons or, as the case may be, the Defence Council may request the complainant, or such other person as they consider appropriate, to supply information or produce documents.\n(2) In respect of a request under paragraph (1), the person or panel of persons or, as the case may be, the Defence Council may impose any such time limit for the supply of the information or production of other documents, as they consider reasonable in the circumstances.\n(3) Should the information or documents requested under paragraph (1) not be supplied or produced within the time limit under paragraph (2), the person or panel of persons or, as the case may be, the Defence Council may proceed to reach a decision or a determination based on the information or documents available.\n(4) For the purposes of making a decision under regulation 9(2)(a) or (b), or a determination under regulation 13(2)(a) or (b), the person or panel of persons or, as the case may be, the Defence Council must give—\n(a) any person who they consider is a subject of the complaint, and\n(b) any person who they consider is likely to be the subject of criticism in the decision or determination in relation to that person’s character or professional reputation,\nan opportunity to comment on any allegations about that person stated in the complaint.\n(5) Any comments received under paragraph (4) must be given due weight in making the decision or determination.\n(6) The person or panel of persons or, as the case may be, the Defence Council may send a copy of a draft decision under regulation 9(2)(a) or (b), or a copy of a draft determination under regulation 13(2)(a) or (b), to any person within paragraph (4).\n(7) If they receive any comments from such a person on the draft decision or determination, they may refer to those comments in the final decision or determination and may state in the decision or determination their response to those comments.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 14 in force at 1.1.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1955/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:29:55.360002+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."
}