Regulation 30 Delegation of functions

(1)

Except as provided by paragraph (2), the Ombudsman may delegate the performance of any of his functions under these Regulations to—

(a)

a member of staff appointed by the Ombudsman in accordance with article 3 of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF Ombudsman) Order 2005^f1 (staff of the PPF Ombudsman); or

(b)

an additional member of staff who—

(i)

is made available to the Ombudsman by the Secretary of State in accordance with article 4 of that Order (additional staff and facilities), and

(ii)

is authorised by the Ombudsman to perform that function.

(2)

The Ombudsman must not delegate—

(a)

the determination of an appeal under these Regulations;

(b)

the referral of a question of law under section 215 of the Act (referral of questions of law);

(c)

the decision to publish a report under regulation 31;

(d)

the certification of an offence under section 218(2) of the Act^f2 (obstruction etc of the PPF Ombudsman).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2005/824, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
f2: Sections 215 and 218 of the Act are modified by regulation 3(4) and (8) respectively, and applied, as modified, by regulation 2, of S.I. 2005/xxxx.