Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009
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PART 5 Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions | ||
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Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1997. |
36.— The Freedom of Information Act 1997 is amended— | |
(a) in section 2(1), in the definition of “head of a public body”, by inserting the following after paragraph (jjj) (inserted by section 23 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003): | ||
“(jjjj) in relation to the Office of Legal Services Ombudsman, the Legal Services Ombudsman,”, | ||
(b) in section 46(1)(c) (as amended by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003)— | ||
(i) by deleting “or” at the end of subparagraph (iv), | ||
(ii) by substituting the following for subparagraph (v): | ||
“(v) an examination or investigation carried out by the Pensions Ombudsman under the Pensions Act 1990, or | ||
(vi) an investigation carried out by the Legal Services Ombudsman under the Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009,”, | ||
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(iii) in clause (II), by substituting “the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman or the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman” for “or the office of the Pensions Ombudsman”, | ||
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(c) in paragraph (I)(2) of the First Schedule, by inserting “the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman.”. |