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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a complaint, or</Text>
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</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/section/67/1/b/2023-12-20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2019/3/section/67/1/b" id="section-67-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a matter the Ombudsman is considering investigating under section 4 or 44, relates to or raises a matter which could be the subject of an investigation by the Children's Commissioner for Wales, the Commissioner for Older People in Wales or the Welsh Language Commissioner (the “connected matter”).</Text>
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<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/section/67/2/2023-12-20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2019/3/section/67/2" id="section-67-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the Ombudsman considers it appropriate, the Ombudsman must inform the relevant Commissioner about the connected matter.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>If the Ombudsman considers that the matter is a matter into which the Ombudsman is entitled to conduct an investigation (the “Ombudsman matter”), the Ombudsman must also, if the Ombudsman considers it appropriate—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>inform the relevant Commissioner about the Ombudsman's proposals for conducting an investigation, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/section/67/3/b/2023-12-20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2019/3/section/67/3/b" id="section-67-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>consult the relevant Commissioner about those proposals.</Text>
</P3para>
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</P2para>
</P2>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the Ombudsman and the relevant Commissioner consider that they are entitled to investigate, respectively, the Ombudsman matter and the connected matter, they may—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/section/67/4/a/2023-12-20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2019/3/section/67/4/a" id="section-67-4-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>co-operate with each other in the separate investigation of each of those matters,</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/section/67/4/b/2023-12-20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2019/3/section/67/4/b" id="section-67-4-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>act together in the investigation of those matters, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/section/67/4/c/2023-12-20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2019/3/section/67/4/c" id="section-67-4-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>prepare and publish a joint report containing their respective conclusions in relation to the matters they have each investigated.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/section/67/5/2023-12-20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2019/3/section/67/5" id="section-67-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the Ombudsman considers—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that the matter is not a matter into which the Ombudsman is entitled to conduct an investigation, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/section/67/5/b/2023-12-20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2019/3/section/67/5/b" id="section-67-5-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that it is appropriate to do so,</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>the Ombudsman must inform the person who initiated the complaint (if any) about how to secure the referral of the connected matter to the relevant Commissioner.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
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in force at 23.7.2019 by
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,
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