Notifications to the Service Complaints Commissioner3

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 Act2, 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.