# The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Commissioner) Regulations 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 366 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 provides for the appointment of a Service Complaints Commissioner. Section 338 of that Act provides for the referral to the relevant officer by the Service Complaints Commissioner of allegations made to him that a person subject to service law has been wronged in a prescribed way. Regulation 2 sets out the prescribed ways.
Regulation 3 prescribes matters of which the relevant officer must notify the Service Complaints Commissioner. It also provides that he must do so within 21 days of the matter occurring.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788364/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-service-complaints-commissioner-regulations-2007/note
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