Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005

23 Special reports: supplementary E+W

(1) The Ombudsman may—

(a) publish a special report [F1 made under section 22] ;

(b) supply a copy of the published report or any part of it to any person who requests it.

(2) The Ombudsman may charge a reasonable fee for supplying a copy of a report (or part of a report) under subsection (1)(b).

(3) The listed authority in respect of which a special report is made must reimburse the Ombudsman for the cost of publishing a special report if requested to do so by the Ombudsman.

(4) If a special report—

(a) mentions the name of any person other than the listed authority in respect of which the complaint was made, or

(b) includes any particulars which, in the opinion of the Ombudsman, are likely to identify any such person and which, in his opinion, can be omitted without impairing the effectiveness of the report,

that information must not be included in a version of the report sent to a person under section 22(9) or (10) or published under subsection (1) of this section, subject to subsection (5).

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to a version of the special report if, after taking account of the interests of the person aggrieved and any other persons he thinks appropriate, the Ombudsman considers it to be in the public interest to include that information in that version of the special report.

(6) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) Sections 17 and 18 (publicising reports under section 16) apply in relation to a special report [F3 under section 22] as they apply in relation to a report under section 16.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 23(1)(a) inserted (1.11.2014) by Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4), s. 199(2), Sch. 3 para. 21(a); S.I. 2014/2718, art. 2(b)

F2 S. 23(6) repealed by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 160(1), 163, Sch. 10 para. 75, Sch. 12 (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act.

F3 Words in s. 23(7) inserted (1.11.2014) by Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4), s. 199(2), Sch. 3 para. 21(b); S.I. 2014/2718, art. 2(b)