Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 title substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 17 (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 4 extended (W.) (28.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2275, reg. 3
4(1)[F2The Commission] may appoint a secretary, and such other officers as they may consider to be required for the discharge of their functions.E+W
(2)[F3The Commission] shall make arrangements to enable Local Commissioners to investigate complaints, and in particular arrangements for—
(a)allocating members of their staff to assist Local Commissioners, and
(b)providing offices and other accommodation.
(3)An officer of [F4the Commission] shall not be allocated to assist a Local Commissioner without the approval of that Local Commissioner.
F5(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)Any function of a Local Commissioner . . . F6 may be performed by any officer of the Commission who is authorised for the purpose by the Local Commissioner.
[F7(6)For the purposes of conducting a joint investigation referred to in section 33ZA of this Act any function of a Local Commissioner may be performed by—
(a)any officer of the Parliamentary Commissioner, or
(b)any officer of the Health Service Commissioner for England,
who is authorised for the purpose by a Local Commissioner.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(1) substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 18(5)(a) (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
F3Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 18(5)(b) (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
F4Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(3) substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 18(5)(c) (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
F5Sch. 4 para. 4(4) repealed (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 18(5)(d), Sch. 7 (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
F6Words repealed by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), ss. 29(4), Sch. 3 para. 9(1)(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II
F7Sch. 4 para. 4(6) inserted (1.8.2007) by The Regulatory Reform (Collaboration etc. between Ombudsmen) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1889), arts. 1(1), 5