180 Complaints by officers.F2U.K.
(1)If an officer thinks himself wronged in any matter by a superior officer or authority and on application to his commanding officer does not obtain the redress to which he thinks he is entitled, he may make a complaint with respect to that matter to [F1the Defence Council].
(2)On receiving any such complaint it shall be the duty of the Air Council to investigate the complaint and to grant any redress which appears to them to be necessary or, if the complainant so requires, [F1the Defence Council] shall through the Secretary of State make their report on the complaint to Her Majesty in order to receive the directions of Her Majesty thereon.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 180: Power to modify conferred (24.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16), art. 237
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F2Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2