Amendment of the Case Tribunals RegulationsE+W
6.—(1) In paragraph 1, omit the words ““investigating officer” (“swyddog ymchwilio”) means a person who carried out the investigation which gave rise to the reference to the Adjudication Panel for Wales under section 71(3) or 72(4) of the Act”.
(2) For paragraph 9 (attendance of investigating officers) substitute—
“Attendance of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
9.—(1) The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales is entitled to attend, and the tribunal may request the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales to attend, the hearing of an adjudication for the purposes of—
(a)presenting the report and/or explaining any of the matters in it; and
(b)otherwise playing such part or assisting the tribunal at the hearing as the tribunal considers appropriate.
(2) A request under sub-paragraph (1) must not be unreasonably refused and if such request is refused the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales must give reasons in writing to the tribunal for not complying with a request to attend a hearing.
(3) The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales may be represented by counsel or a solicitor.”.
(3) In paragraph 16(2)—
(a)omit sub-paragraph (b);
(b)in sub-paragraph (d), after “co-opted member” insert “or the representative of the monitoring officer”.