# The Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers (Panels) Regulations 1991, Regulation 6: Complaints about the operation of panels and members of the panels


(1) For the purpose of monitoring the administration and procedures of the panel and the work of guardians ad litem and reporting officers in relevant proceedings each local authority shall establish a procedure for considering complaints about the operation of the panel in respect of their area, and about any member of that panel including refusal to reappoint a person to be a panel member.
(2) The local authority shall investigate any such complaint and if they cannot resolve it to the satisfaction of the person making it they shall refer it to the complaints board to make a recommendation to the authority about it in writing.
(3) Any person in respect of whom a complaint is made shall be notified by the local authority in writing of the complaint and they shall give him an opportunity of making representations to them and if the matter is referred to the complaints board they shall provide him with an opportunity to make representations to the complaints board.
(4) The local authority shall only make a decision on a complaint referred to the complaints board having taken into account the recommendation of the complaints board and they shall notify the person who made the complaint and any person in respect of whom the complaint was made in writing of their decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2051/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/guardians-ad-litem-and-reporting-officers-panels-regulations-1991/regulation-6
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