{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2005/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2005/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/10",
  "legislation_title": "Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2005",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Publicising reports: health care providers",
  "text": "(1) If an investigation is conducted in respect of a listed authority which is a family health service provider in Wales, section 17 has effect with the modifications specified in subsections (2) to (4).\n(2) For subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) A person who has received a copy of a report under section 16 by virtue of section 16(2)(d) must make copies of the report available for a period of at least three weeks—\n(a) at one or more of the person's offices, and\n(b) if the person has a website, on the website.”\n(3) The references to the listed authority are to be taken to be references to that person.\n(4) The references to listed authorities, or to a particular listed authority, are to be taken to be references to persons, or a particular person, of the same description as that person.\n(5) If an investigation is conducted in respect of a listed authority which is an independent provider in Wales, section 17 has effect with the modifications specified in subsections (6) to (8).\n(6) For subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) A person who has received a copy of a report under section 16 by virtue of section 16(2)(e) must make copies of the report available for a period of at least three weeks—\n(a) at one or more of the person's offices, and\n(b) if the person has a website, on the website.”\n(7) The references to the listed authority are to be taken to be references to that person.\n(8) The references to listed authorities, or to a particular listed authority, are to be taken to be references to persons, or a particular person, of the same description as that person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/10/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:22.218266+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."
}