{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-service-complaints-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111140222",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-service-complaints-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Excluded complaints",
  "text": "(1) A person may not make a service complaint about a matter within the Schedule.\n(2) A person may not make a service complaint about—\n(a) a decision under regulations made for the purposes of section 340B(4)(a) (admissibility of the complaint);\n(b) a decision under regulations made for the purposes of section 340C(2) (decision on the service complaint);\n(c) a decision under regulations made for the purposes of section 340D(2)(c) (decision relating to whether an appeal has been brought before the end of the specified period);\n(d) a determination of an appeal brought under regulations made for the purposes of section 340D(1) (appeals);\n(e) alleged maladministration (including undue delay) in connection with the handling of his or her service complaint;\n(f) a decision by the Ombudsman for the purposes of any provision of Part 14A of the Act;\n(g) the handling by the Ombudsman of a service complaint;\n(h) a decision for the purposes of regulations made under section 334(2) whether a service complaint could be made about a matter;\n(i) a decision under regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (b) of section 334(5) whether a service complaint, or an application referred to in that paragraph, could be made after the end of a prescribed period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111140222/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:12.847104+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."
}