37 Model complaints-handling procedures

37  Model complaints-handling procedures

(1)     The Ombudsman may publish model complaints-handling procedures for listed authorities.

(2)     A model complaints-handling procedure (referred to in this Act as a “model CHP”) must comply with the statement of principles.

(3)     The Ombudsman may publish different model CHPs for different purposes.

(4)     Before publishing a model CHP the Ombudsman must consult such listed authorities or groups of listed authorities as the Ombudsman thinks fit.

(5)     A model CHP may not, in its application to a listed authority—

(a)     impose a duty on the listed authority if the listed authority

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