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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/section-128",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
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  "path": "section/128",
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  "number": "128",
  "heading": "Report and recommendations",
  "text": "After section 9D of the 2002 Act insert—\n“Report and recommendations\n9E (1) The Ombudsman must prepare a report on any complaint he has investigated under section 9D.\n(2) The report must state—\n(a) what findings the Ombudsman has made;\n(b) whether he considers the complaint should be upheld in whole or part;\n(c) if he does, what if any action he recommends should be taken by the Commission or the Lord Chancellor as a result of the complaint.\n(3) The recommendations that may be made under subsection (2)(c) include recommendations for the payment of compensation.\n(4) Such a recommendation must relate to loss which appears to the Ombudsman to have been suffered by the complainant as a result of maladministration and not as a result of any failure to be appointed to an office to which the complaint related.”",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/section/128",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:37.085861+00:00"
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  "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."
}