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Health Service Commissioners Act 1993

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18 Consultation during investigations.

(1) Where the Commissioner, at any stage in the course of conducting an investigation, forms the opinion that the complaint relates partly or wholly to a matter which could be the subject of an investigation— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) by the Parliamentary Commissioner under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, (ba) by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales under the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 or the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019, (c) by a Local Commissioner under Part III or 3A of the Local Government Act 1974, or (d) by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman under the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002, ... (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he shall consult about the complaint with the appropriate Commissioner or ... Ombudsman and, if he considers it necessary, he shall inform the person initiating the complaint of the steps necessary to initiate a complaint to that Commissioner or ... Ombudsman. (2) Where the Commissioner consults with another Commissioner , the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman or ... the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales in accordance with this section, the consultations may extend to any matter relating to the complaint, including— (a) the conduct of any investigation into the complaint, and (b) the form, content and publication of any report of the results of such an investigation. (3) Nothing in section 15 (confidentiality of information) applies in relation to the disclosure of information ... in the course of consultations held in accordance with this section.

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18 Consultation during investigations.

(1) Where the Commissioner, at any stage in the course of conducting an investigation, forms the opinion that the complaint relates partly or wholly to a matter which could be the subject of an investigation— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) by the Parliamentary Commissioner under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, (ba) by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales under the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 or the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019, (c) by a Local Commissioner under Part III or 3A of the Local Government Act 1974, or (d) by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman under the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002, ... (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he shall consult about the complaint with the appropriate Commissioner or ... Ombudsman and, if he considers it necessary, he shall inform the person initiating the complaint of the steps necessary to initiate a complaint to that Commissioner or ... Ombudsman. (2) Where the Commissioner consults with another Commissioner , the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman or ... the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales in accordance with this section, the consultations may extend to any matter relating to the complaint, including— (a) the conduct of any investigation into the complaint, and (b) the form, content and publication of any report of the results of such an investigation. (3) Nothing in section 15 (confidentiality of information) applies in relation to the disclosure of information ... in the course of consultations held in accordance with this section.

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