C2C1Part 2Investigation of complaints F1relating to listed authorities

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Reports of investigations

19Action following receipt of a report

1

This section applies if, in a report under section 16 of an investigation in respect of a listed authority, the Ombudsman concludes that the person aggrieved has sustained injustice or hardship in consequence of the matter investigated.

2

The listed authority must consider the report and notify the Ombudsman before the end of the permitted period of—

a

the action it has taken or proposes to take in response to it, and

b

the period before the end of which it proposes to have taken that action (if it has not already done so).

3

The permitted period is—

a

the period of one month beginning on the date on which the authority receives the report, or

b

any longer period specified by the Ombudsman in writing.