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4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Pensions Ombudsman shall not investigate a complaint or dispute if the act or omission which is the subject thereof occurred more than three years before the date on which the making of the complaint or the referral of the dispute is received by him in writing.
(2) Where, at the date of its occurrence, the authorised complainant was unaware of the act or omission referred to in paragraph (1), the period of three years shall begin on the earliest date on which he knew or ought reasonably to have known of its occurrence.
(3) Where it was not reasonably practicable for a complaint or dispute to be made or referred before the end of the period allowed under paragraph (1) or (2), the Pensions Ombudsman may nonetheless investigate and determine such complaint or dispute if it is made or referred within such further period as he considers reasonable.
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