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(1)The Ombudsman may prepare a report under this section (a “special report”) if subsection (2), (4) or (6) applies.
(2)This subsection applies if, in a report under section 16, the Ombudsman has concluded that the person aggrieved has sustained injustice or hardship in consequence of the matter investigated and—
(a)the Ombudsman has not received the notification required under section 19 before the end of the period permitted under that section,
(b)he has received that notification but he is not satisfied with—
(i)the action which the listed authority has taken or proposes to take, or
(ii)the period before the end of which it proposes to have taken that action, or
(c)he has received that notification but he is not satisfied that the listed authority has, before the end of the permitted period, taken the action it proposed to take.
(3)The permitted period for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) is—
(a)the period referred to in section 19(2)(b), or
(b)any longer period specified by the Ombudsman in writing.
(4)This subsection applies if the Ombudsman—
(a)has prepared a report under section 21 by virtue of subsection (2) of that section, and
(b)is not satisfied that the listed authority has implemented his recommendations before the end of the permitted period.
(5)The permitted period for the purposes of subsection (4)(b) is—
(a)the period referred to in section 21(2)(b), or
(b)any longer period specified by the Ombudsman in writing.
(6)This subsection applies if—
(a)a complaint in respect of a listed authority has been resolved under section 3,
(b)in resolving the complaint, the Ombudsman has concluded that the person aggrieved has sustained injustice or hardship in consequence of the matter which is the subject of the complaint,
(c)the listed authority has agreed to take particular action before the end of a particular period, and
(d)the Ombudsman is not satisfied that the listed authority has taken that action before the end of the permitted period.
(7)The permitted period for the purposes of subsection (6)(d) is—
(a)the period referred to in subsection (6)(c), or
(b)any longer period specified by the Ombudsman in writing.
(8)A special report must—
(a)set out the facts on the basis of which subsection (2), (4) or (6) applies, and
(b)make such recommendations as the Ombudsman thinks fit with respect to the action which, in his opinion, should be taken—
(i)to remedy the injustice or hardship to the person aggrieved, and
(ii)to prevent similar injustice or hardship being caused in the future.
(9)The Ombudsman must send a copy of a special report—
(a)if the special report is prepared because subsection (2) applies, to each person to whom a copy of the report under section 16 was sent under section 16(1)(b);
(b)if the special report is prepared because subsection (4) or (6) applies, to the person who made the complaint and the listed authority.
(10)The Ombudsman may send a copy of a special report to any other persons he thinks appropriate.
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