{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974/section-34C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974/section-34C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/7",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974",
  "path": "section/34C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34C",
  "heading": "Who can complain",
  "text": "(1) A complaint about a matter under this Part may only be made—\n(a) by a member of the public who claims to have sustained injustice in consequence of the matter (“P”),\n(b) by a person authorised in writing by P to act on P's behalf, or\n(c) in accordance with subsection (2).\n(2) Where a member of the public by whom a complaint about a matter might have been made under this Part (“D”) has died or is otherwise unable to authorise a person to act on D's behalf, the complaint may be made—\n(a) by D's personal representatives (if any), or\n(b) by a person who appears to a Local Commissioner to be suitable to represent D.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3A inserted (1.10.2010) by Health Act 2009 (c. 21), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 2; S.I. 2010/1863, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/7/section/34C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:10.523024+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."
}