Regulation 6 Power of the Commissioner to fix time limits for other procedural aspects of the proceedings

(1)

Once a complaint has been presented to the Commissioner in accordance with regulation 4 (requirements as to form and content of complaint) and regulation 5 (time limit for presenting complaint), for all other aspects of the proceedings the Commissioner may—

(a)

fix a time limit for any of those aspects of the proceedings; and

(b)

extend that time limit.

(2)

The aspects of the proceedings referred to in paragraph (1) include—

(a)

the period during which the Commissioner—

(i)

must give the respondent the opportunity to make representations about the complaint;

(ii)

may give the complainant an opportunity to make representations about the complaint;

(iii)

must give the respondent and the complainant an opportunity to make representations about the proposed publication of a report to be made under section 6 of the 2016 Act (reports on complaints);

(iv)

must give the respondent an opportunity to make representations about any proposal to identify the respondent in such a report; and

(b)

the period at the end of which the Commissioner must make a written statement of any determination of a complaint.