SCHEDULE 10 Amendments in Connection with the new Homes Ombudsman Scheme

SCHEDULE 10 Amendments in Connection with the new Homes Ombudsman Scheme

Section 137(8)

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The Local Government Act 1974 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4.

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(1)     Section 33 (consultation between Local Commissioner and other Commissioners and Ombudsmen) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1)—

(a)     after paragraph (bza) insert—

“(bzb)     by the new homes ombudsman under the new homes ombudsman scheme (see section 136 of the Building Safety Act 2022),”;

(b)     in the words after paragraph (c), after “1993” insert “, the Housing Act 1996, the new homes ombudsman scheme”.

(3)     In subsection (2), after “housing ombudsman,” insert “the new homes ombudsman,”.

(4)     After subsection (3A) insert—

“(3B)     If at any stage in the course of conducting an investigation under the new

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