{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974/section-34D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974/section-34D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/7",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974",
  "path": "section/34D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34D",
  "heading": "Procedure for making complaints",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (3), a complaint about a matter under this Part must be made—\n(a) in writing, and\n(b) before the end of the permitted period.\n(2) In subsection (1)(b), the “permitted period” means the period of 12 months beginning with—\n(a) the day on which the person affected first had notice of the matter, or\n(b) if the person affected has died without having notice of the matter—\n(i) the day on which the personal representatives of the person affected first had notice of the matter, or\n(ii) if earlier, the day on which the complainant first had notice of the matter.\n(3) A Local Commissioner may disapply either or both of the requirements in subsection (1)(a) and (b) in relation to a particular complaint.",
  "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/34D",
    "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."
}