Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005

6Requirements: complaints referred to the OmbudsmanE+W

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(1)The requirements mentioned in section 2(3)(b) are that—

(a)the complaint must have been made to the listed authority by a person who would have been entitled under section 4 to make the complaint to the Ombudsman;

(b)the complaint must have been made to the listed authority before the end of the period of one year starting on the day on which the person aggrieved first had notice of the matters alleged in the complaint;

(c)the complaint must be referred to the Ombudsman in writing;

(d)the complaint must be referred to the Ombudsman before the end of the period of one year starting on the day on which the complaint was made to the listed authority.

(2)It is for the Ombudsman to determine any question of whether the requirements of subsection (1) are met in respect of a complaint.