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3. Where, in accordance with section 338(2) of the Act, the Service Complaints Commissioner refers an allegation that a person has been wronged, the relevant officer shall within 21 days notify the Service Complaints Commissioner of the occurrence of any of the following events—
(a)that he has informed the person that the allegation has been referred;
(b)that the person has been made aware of the matters referred to in section 338(3)(b) of the Act;
(c)of the decision of the person whether he wishes to make a service complaint in respect of the alleged wrong;
(d)that a service complaint which the person wishes to make in respect of the alleged wrong may not be made because of the expiry of a period prescribed under section 334(5) of the Act(1), and that the person has been informed of this;
(e)that a service complaint which the person wishes to make in respect of the alleged wrong may not be made because it is about a matter of a description prescribed by regulations made under section 334(2) of the Act, and that the person has been informed of this;
(f)of the withdrawal of a service complaint made in respect of the alleged wrong;
(g)of a referral of a service complaint in respect of the alleged wrong to a superior officer or to the Defence Council pursuant to regulations made under section 334(4) of the Act;
(h)of a decision under section 334(7) of the Act whether the service complaint is well-founded; and
(i)of a decision under section 334(8) of the Act in relation to redress.
The relevant time limits are prescribed in Defence Council Regulations which are not made by statutory instrument.
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