# The Regulatory Reform (Collaboration etc. between Ombudsmen) Order 2007, Article 15: Exhaustion of remedies


In section 26 of the 1974 Act (matters subject to investigation), in subsection (5), for the words from “the complaint has” to the end substitute—
“(a) the complaint has been brought, by or on behalf of the person aggrieved, to the notice of the authority to which the complaint relates and that that authority has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to investigate, and reply to, the complaint; or
(b) in the particular circumstances, it is not reasonable to expect the complaint to be brought to the notice of that authority or for that authority to be afforded a reasonable opportunity to investigate, and reply to, the complaint.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1889/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-collaboration-etc-between-ombudsmen-order-2007/article-15
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