{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-complaints-procedure-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-complaints-procedure-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/3366",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Services Complaints Procedure (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-complaints-procedure-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Transitional Provision",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) where a complaint has been made in accordance with any former complaints procedure before 1 January 2006, it must be considered in accordance with that procedure.\n(2) Where, in accordance with a former complaints procedure, a complainant—\n(a) has made a request to a local authority for review by a panel, or\n(b) would have been entitled to make such a request after 1 January 2006,\nthe local authority must treat any such request (if made) as a request for the complaint to be considered under Part VI of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/3366/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:57.960222+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."
}