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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2007 No. 3352
DEFENCE
The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Commissioner) Regulations 2007
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Made |
27th November 2007 | |
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Coming into force |
1st January 2008 | |
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 338(1), (4) and (5) of the Armed Forces Act 2006[1]:
In accordance with section 373(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 a draft of this instrument was laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
1.
—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Armed Forces (Service Complaints Commissioner) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st January 2008.
(2) In these Regulations—
"the Act" means the Armed Forces Act 2006;
"relevant officer" has the same meaning as in section 338 of the Act; and
"service complaint" has the same meaning as in section 334 of the Act.
Prescribed behaviour
2.
—(1) For the purposes of section 338(1) of the Act, a person has been wronged in a prescribed way if he has been the subject of:
(2) In this regulation "discrimination" means—
Notifications to the Service Complaints Commissioner
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—
Derek Twigg
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Defence
27th November 2007
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 366 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 provides for the appointment of a Service Complaints Commissioner. Section 338 of that Act provides for the referral to the relevant officer by the Service Complaints Commissioner of allegations made to him that a person subject to service law has been wronged in a prescribed way. Regulation 2 sets out the prescribed ways.
Regulation 3 prescribes matters of which the relevant officer must notify the Service Complaints Commissioner. It also provides that he must do so within 21 days of the matter occurring.
Notes:
[1]
2006 c.52.back
[2]
The relevant time limits are prescribed in Defence Council Regulations which are not made by statutory instrument.back
ISBN
978 0 11 080113 1
© Crown copyright 2007
Prepared
30 November 2007
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