# Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019, Paragraph 22


(1) This paragraph applies to the person who is the Ombudsman immediately before the appointed day.
(2) On and after the appointed day the person—
(a) continues to be the Ombudsman and is treated as having been appointed to that office under this Act;
(b) holds the office for seven years less a period equal to that during which the person was the Ombudsman before the appointed day.
(3) In this paragraph “the appointed day” means the day on which this paragraph comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/schedule/1/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2019/schedule-1/paragraph-22
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