{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2005/section-34C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2005/section-34C.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/34C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34C",
  "heading": "Alternative resolution of complaints",
  "text": "(1) The Ombudsman may take any action he or she considers appropriate with a view to resolving a complaint which he or she has the power to investigate under section 34B.\n(2) The Ombudsman may take action under this section in addition to or instead of conducting an investigation into the complaint.\n(3) Any action under this section must be taken in private.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pts. 2A, 2B inserted (1.11.2014) by Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4), s. 199(2), Sch. 3 para. 2 (with Sch. 3 para. 3); S.I. 2014/2718, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/10/section/34C",
    "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."
}