Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 repealed (prosp.) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 159(2)(b), 210, 211, Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193)
5(1)The Ombudsman shall make an annual report to the [F2Secretary of State] on the discharge of his functions during the year to which the report relates.E+W
(2)The Ombudsman may, in addition, report to the [F2Secretary of State] at any time on any matter relating to the discharge of the Ombudsman’s functions.
(3)The Ombudsman shall provide the [F2Secretary of State] with such information relating to the discharge of his functions as the [F2Secretary of State] may see fit to require.
(4)The [F2Secretary of State] shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of any annual report made to him under sub-paragraph (1).
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Schs. 3-6 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 9, Sch. 2 para. 8(1)(d) (with arts. 6, 8)