Part XVIThe Ombudsman Scheme

The scheme

225The scheme and the scheme operator

1

This Part provides for a scheme under which certain disputes may be resolved quickly and with minimum formality by an independent person.

2

The scheme is to be administered by a body corporate (“the scheme operator”).

3

The scheme is to be operated under a name chosen by the scheme operator but is referred to in this Act as “the ombudsman scheme”.

4

Schedule 17 makes provision in connection with the ombudsman scheme and the scheme operator.