Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009

PART 5

Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions

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,”,

and

(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”,

and

(c) in paragraph (I)(2) of the First Schedule, by inserting “the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman.”.