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STATUTES AMENDMENT (ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO) ACT 2013 (NO 11 OF 2013) - SECT 22

22—Amendment of section 21—Determination by Ombudsman that investigation not warranted

Section 21(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         The Ombudsman may refuse to entertain a complaint to which this Act applies (whether being a complaint made to the Ombudsman or a complaint of which the Ombudsman has been notified under section 18), or, having commenced to investigate a matter raised in a complaint, may refuse to continue the investigation if of the opinion that—

            (a)         the matter raised in the complaint is trivial; or

            (b)         the complaint is frivolous or vexatious or is not made in good faith; or

            (c)         the complainant or the person on whose behalf the complaint was made has not a sufficient personal interest in the matter raised in the complaint; or

            (d)         having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the investigation or the continuance of the investigation of the matter raised in the complaint, is unnecessary or unjustifiable.



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