Paragraph 26

United Kingdom

(1)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—

(a)

the Welsh Administration Ombudsman also holds office as the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration or a Health Service Commissioner F1or as a Local Commissioner for Wales(“a Commissioner”), and

(b)

a person initiates a complaint to him in his capacity as a Commissioner which relates partly to a matter with respect to which that person has previously initiated, or subsequently initiates, a complaint to him as Welsh Administration Ombudsman.

(2)

Information obtained by the Welsh Administration Ombudsman or a member of his staff in the course of or for the purposes of investigating the complaint made to him in his capacity as Welsh Administration Ombudsman may be disclosed for the purposes of his carrying out his functions in relation to the other complaint.

F2(3)

In this paragraph “Local Commissioner for Wales” means a Local Commissioner (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 1974) who is a member of the Commission for Local Administration in Wales.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 9 para. 26(1)(a) inserted (E.W.) (24.9.2004) by The Regulatory Reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2359), art. 4(2)(a)
F2: Sch. 9 para. 26(3) inserted (E.W.) (24.9.2004) by The Regulatory Reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2359), art. 4(2)(b)

Notes on Schedule 9

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 9 repealed (12.10.2005 in so far as relates, for certain purposes, to para. 8 and 1.4.2006 otherwise) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), ss. 39, 40, Sch. 6 para. 69, Sch. 7 (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, arts. 3, 5(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with Sch. 2)

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1: Sch. 9 Pt. II extended (1.7.1999 subject to art. 4(2)-(6) of the amending Act) by S.I. 1999/1791, art. 4(1)