a decision that relates to an event in England is taken by or on behalf of an authority to which Part 3 of this Act applies,

the decision is taken in connection with the exercise of the authority's administrative functions, and

the person who made the application or other request to which the decision is a response, or

a person who appears to the authority to be an organiser of the event if the decision is made otherwise than on a request.

must be given on the day the decision is taken or, if it is not reasonably practicable to give the notification on that day, must be given on the first working day after that day,

must, if the decision has the effect mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(i), give details of the decision's effect,

must, if the decision has the effect mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(ii) or (iii), give details of the restrictions or conditions,

must include the reasons for the decision so far as it has any of the effects mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(i) to (iii), and

may be a notification that is given also for other purposes.

for the purposes of subsection (2) an authority gives a person notification of a decision, and

the person, or some other person who is an organiser of the event, asks the authority to review the decision.

that the person who asked for the review is given (electronically or otherwise) written notification of the decision made on the review, including the reasons for the decision, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the decision is made.

confirmed,

withdrawn,

replaced by any other decision that could have been taken in the first instance, or

varied (but only if the decision as varied is one that could have been taken in the first instance).

a body of commissioners to be known as the Commission for Local Administration in England, and

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divide the matters which may be investigated under this Part of this Act into such categories as they consider appropriate, and

allocate, or make arrangements for allocating, responsibility for each category of matter to one or more of the Local Commissioners.

shall make arrangements for Local Commissioners F170 to deal with matters for which they do not have responsibility pursuant to subsection (8A) F142..., and

shall publish information about the procedures for making complaints under this Part of this Act.

for the purposes of subsection (12) above, such persons appearing to the Commission to represent authorities F151... to which this Part of this Act applies, and in the case of such authorities as are not so represented, those authorities; and

for the purposes of subsection (12A) above, such of those persons and authorities as the Commission think appropriate.

to such persons as appear to the Commission to represent authorities F111... to which this Part of this Act applies, and

in the case of such authorities as are not so represented, to those authorities.

which relates to action taken by or on behalf of an authority to which this Part of this Act applies,

which is subject to investigation under this Part of this Act by virtue of section 26, and

in relation to which subsection (2), (3) or (5) is satisfied.

a complaint which satisfies sections 26A and 26B has been made to a member of an authority to which this Part of this Act applies, and

the complaint has been referred, or is treated as having been referred, to a Local Commissioner under section 26C.

the matter has come to the attention of a Local Commissioner, and

section 26D applies to the matter.

not to investigate a matter, or

to discontinue an investigation of a matter,

any local authority,

the Greater London Authority;

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a National Park authority F119for a National Park in England;

any joint board the constituent authorities of which are all local authorities,

F296. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

any development corporation established for the purposes of a new town,

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

any urban development corporation established by an order under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 F116for an urban development area in England,

a Mayoral development corporation,

any housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988 F117for a designated area in England

the F295Homes and Communities Agency;

a fire and rescue authority F115in England constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of that Act;

any joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985;

F324the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;

F324the London Fire Commissioner;

any police and crime commissioner;

the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29. . .

Transport for London; F31and

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

any economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

any combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;

in relation to the flood defence functions of the Environment Agency, within the meaning of the Water Resources Act 1991, the Environment Agency and F313any Regional Flood and Coastal CommitteeF118for an area wholly or partly in England ;F33;and

the London Transport Users’ Committee.

to the members and officers of that authority, and

to a committee or sub-committee of that authority (including a joint committee or joint sub-committee on which the authority are represented),

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

the London Assembly;

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an admission appeal panel constituted F186by the authority in accordance with regulations under section 94(5) or 95(3) of F154the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ,

the governing body of any community, foundation or voluntary school F189 maintained by the authority so far as acting in connection with the admission of pupils to the school or otherwise performing any of their functions under Chapter I of Part III of that Act.F36and

an exclusion F292review panel constituted F187 by the authority in accordance with regulations under F293section 51A of the Education Act 2002.

on behalf of the authority, and

in the exercise of the authority's function.

alleged or apparent maladministration in connection with the exercise of the authority's administrative functions;

an alleged or apparent failure in a service which it was the authority's function to provide;

an alleged or apparent failure to provide such a service.

an alleged or apparent failure in a service provided by the authority in pursuance of arrangements under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006;

an alleged or apparent failure to provide a service in pursuance of such arrangements.

F194the matter has been brought, by or on behalf of F195the person affected, to the notice of the authority to which F196it relates and that that authority has been afforded a reasonable opportunity F197to investigate the matter and to respond; or

in the particular circumstances, it is not reasonable to expect F198the matter to be brought to the notice of that authority or for that authority to be afforded a reasonable opportunity F199to investigate the matter and to respond.

any action in respect of which the F191person affected has or had a right of appeal, reference or review to or before a tribunal constituted by or under any enactment;

any action in respect of which the F191person affected has or had a right of appeal to a Minister of the Crown F108...; or

any action in respect of which the F191person affected has or had a remedy by way of proceedings in any court of law:

where the F201matter relates to a National Park authority, the area of the Park for which it is such an authority;

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where the F200matter relates to the F298Homes and Communities Agency, any designated area within the meaning of F297Part 1 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;

in any other case, the area of the authority concerned.

references to a F204 person affected include references to his personal representatives; and

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by a member of the public who claims to have sustained injustice in consequence of the matter,

by a person authorised in writing by such a member of the public to act on his behalf, or

in accordance with subsection (2).

by his personal representative (if any), or

by a person who appears to a Local Commissioner to be suitable to represent him.

in writing, and

before the end of the permitted period.

the day on which the person affected first had notice of the matter, or

the member of the authority to whom the complaint was made,

any other member of that authority, or

a member of any other authority to which this Part of this Act applies which is alleged in the complaint to have taken or authorised the action complained of.

in relation to a National Park authority, a member of any of the councils by whom a local authority member of the authority is appointed;

in relation to a joint board, a member of any of the constituent authorities of the joint board;

in relation to a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, a member of a constituent council of that authority.

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in relation to an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, a member of a constituent council of the board;

in relation to a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act, a member of a constituent council of the authority.

a county council is a constituent council of an economic prosperity board if the area of the county council, or part of that area, is within the area of the board;

a district council is a constituent council of an economic prosperity board if the area of the district council is within the area of the board.

a county council is a constituent council of a combined authority if the area of the county council, or part of that area, is within the area of the combined authority;

a district council is a constituent council of a combined authority if the area of the district council is within the area of the combined authority.

the matter came to his attention during the course of an investigation under this Part F274or Part 3A of this Act,

it appears to the Local Commissioner that a member of the public has, or may have, suffered injustice in consequence of the matter.

the day on which the person affected first had notice of the matter, or

if the person affected has died without having notice of the matter, the day on which the personal representatives of the person affected first had notice of the matter.

a local authority or other authority or body constituted for purposes of the public service or of local government F43(including F152the Welsh Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales Commission or the the National Assembly for Wales), or for the purposes of carrying on under national ownership any industry or undertaking or part of an industry or undertaking;

any other authority or body whose members are appointed by Her Majesty or any Minister of the Crown or government department F44or by the F153Welsh Ministers , or whose revenues consist wholly or mainly of moneys provided by Parliament F44or the F153Welsh Ministers .

the Local Commissioner may, as well as adopting different procedure for different cases, adopt different procedure for cases of different descriptions; and

the Local Commissioner may obtain information from such persons and in such manner, and make such inquiries, as he thinks fit, and may determine whether any person may be represented (by counsel or solicitor or otherwise) in the investigation.

sums in respect of the expenses properly incurred by them;

allowances by way of compensation for the loss of their time,

that he is satisfied with action which the authority concerned have taken or propose to take, and

that it is not appropriate to prepare and send a copy of a report under subsection (1),

not to investigate a matter, or

to discontinue an investigation of a matter,

the complainant (if any),

any person who referred the matter under section 26C(2),

the authority concerned, and

any other authority or person who is alleged in the complaint, or who otherwise appears to the Local Commissioner, to have taken or authorised the action which is or would be the subject of the investigation.

F225 the duty to send a report or statement to the Authority under subsection (1), (1B) or (1C) shall be discharged by sending the report or statement to both the Mayor of London and the London Assembly; and

in a case falling within subsection (2) above, the duty imposed by that subsection shall be discharged by sending the report or statement to both the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

mention the name of any person, or

contain any particulars which, in the opinion of the Local Commissioner, are likely to identify any person and can be omitted without impairing the effectiveness of the report,

mentioning the name of, or

containing particulars likely to identify,

maladministration in connection with the exercise of the authority's administrative functions,

a failure in a service which it was the function of an authority to provide, or

a failure to provide such a service.

does not receive the notification required by subsection (2) above within the period allowed by or under that subsection, or

is not satisfied with the action which the authority concerned have taken or propose to take, or

does not within a period of three months beginning with the end of the period so allowed, or such longer period as the Local Commissioner may agree in writing, receive confirmation from the authority concerned that they have taken action, as proposed, to the satisfaction of the Local Commissioner,

to remedy any injustice sustained by the person affected in consequence of the maladministration, and

to prevent injustice being caused in the future in consequence of similar maladministration in connection with the exercise of the authority's administrative functions.

to remedy any injustice sustained by the person affected in consequence of the failure, and

to prevent injustice being caused in the future in consequence of a similar failure in, or to provide, a service which it is the function of the authority to provide.

does not receive the notification required by subsection (2) above as applied by subsection (2C) above within the period allowed by or under that subsection or is satisfied before the period allowed by that subsection has expired that the authority concerned have decided to take no action, or

is not satisfied with the action which the authority concerned have taken or propose to take, or

does not within a period of three months beginning with the end of the period allowed by or under subsection (2) above as applied by subsection (2C) above, or such longer period as the Local Commissioner may agree in writing, receive confirmation from the authority concerned that they have taken action, as proposed, to the satisfaction of the Local Commissioner,

details of any action recommended by the Local Commissioner in his further report which the authority have not taken;

such supporting material as the Local Commissioner may require; and

if the authority so require, a statement of the reasons for their having taken no action on, or not the action recommended in, the report.

publication shall be in any two editions within a fortnight of a newspaper circulating in the area of the authority agreed with the Local Commissioner or, in default of agreement, nominated by him; and

publication in the first such edition shall be arranged for the earliest practicable date.

fail to arrange for the publication of the statement in accordance with subsections (2E) and (2F) above, or

are unable, within the period of one month beginning with the date on which they received the notice under subsection (2D) above, or such longer period as the Local Commissioner may agree in writing, to agree with the Local Commissioner the form of the statement to be published,

a report is laid before an authority under subsection F57(2) or (2C) above, and

on consideration of the report, it appears to the authority that a payment should be made to, or some other benefit should be provided for, a person who has suffered injustice in consequence of F229 the maladministration or failure F58to which the report relates,

no action should be taken on the report, or

the action recommended in the report should not be taken,

“listed authority” means an authority mentioned in section 25(1) or specified in an order under subsection 25(2) (but does not include a person mentioned in section 25(4) to (5)), and

a listed authority is the appropriate listed authority in relation to a further report if the report relates to the authority (or to any person with which the authority is connected for the purposes of this Part of this Act by virtue of section 25(4) to (5)).

a joint committee established under F234 section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972,

an inshore fisheries and conservation authority for a district established under section 149 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009,

F285a local fisheries committee constituted under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966, or

an admission appeal panel or F294exclusion review panel mentioned in section 25(5)(c) or (e),

publish all or part of a report or statement under section 30,

publish all or part of a report under section 31,

arrange for further publication of all or part of a statement published under section 31(2D) or (2G), or

publish a summary of a matter which is the subject of a report or statement under section 30 or 31,

supply a copy of all or part of a report, statement or summary mentioned in subsection (1) to any person who requests it, and

charge a reasonable fee for doing so.

any part of a statement under section 30, and

any part of a summary of a matter,

the publication of any matter in communications between a member F62or officer of an authority and a Local Commissioner, or F242 any person discharging or assisting in the discharge of a function of a Local Commissioner , for the purposes of this Part of this Act;

the publication of any matter by a Local Commissioner or by F244 any person discharging or assisting in the discharge of a function of a Local Commissioner , in communicating with a complainant F245 , or with the person affected in relation to a matter, for the purposes of this Part of this Act;

the publication of any matter by a Local Commissioner or by F250 any person discharging or assisting in the discharge of a function of a Local Commissioner in communicating with the Parliamentary Commissioner or the Health Service Commissioner for England or any officer of either such Commissioner for the purposes of this Part of this Act;

the publication of any matter in preparing, making and sending a report or statement in accordance with section 30 or section 31 above, or, subject to section 30(7) above, in making a report available to the public F63or in supplying a copy under section 30(4A) above;

the publication of any matter contained in a report by a Local Commissioner which has been made available to the public, being publication by inclusion in a report made or published under F251 section 23A above.

the publication of any matter by inclusion in a statement published in accordance with section 31(2D), (2E) and (2F) or (2G) above.

the publication of any matter by inclusion in a report, statement or summary published or supplied under section 31B.

for the purposes of the investigation and of any F252 report, statement or summary under section 30, 31 or 31B above; or

for the purposes of an investigation under Part 3A of this Act and of any statement, adverse findings notice or summary under section 34H, 34I or 34J in relation to such an investigation; or

for the purposes of a complaint which is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner or the Health Service Commissioner for England (or both); or

for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence under the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1939 alleged to have been committed in respect of information obtained, by virtue of this Part of this Act, by a Local Commissioner or by F253 a person discharging or assisting in the discharge of a function of Local Commissioner or for an offence of perjury alleged to have been committed in the course of an investigation under this Part of this Act or for the purposes of an inquiry with a view to the taking of such proceedings, or

for the purpose of any proceedings under section 29(9) above,

by the Parliamentary Commissioner, in accordance with section 5 of the Act of 1967,

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by the Health Service Commissioner for England F135..., in accordance with F67the Act of 1993,

F91or

by a housing ombudsman under the Housing Act 1996,

by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, in accordance with the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005;

by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman in accordance with the Act of 2002,

the conduct of any investigation into the F258 matter , and

the form, content and publication of any report of the results of such an investigation.