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COMMISSIONER FOR COMPLAINTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 6

Provisions relating to complaints.

6.(1) A complaint under this Act may be made by any person aggrieved, not
being

(a)a government department or a local body or other authority or body
constituted for purposes of public service or of local government or for the
purposes of carrying on under national or public ownership any industry or
undertaking or part of an industry or undertaking;

(b)any other authority or body the majority of whose members are appointed by
Her Majesty or the Governor or any Minister of the Crown or Minister of
Northern Ireland or department of the government of the United Kingdom or of
the government of Northern Ireland, or whose revenues consist wholly or mainly
of moneys provided by Parliament or by the Parliament of the United Kingdom;
or

(c)a member, at the time of the action complained of, of the local or public
body against whom the complaint is made.

(2) Where the person by whom a complaint might have been made under the
foregoing provisions of this Act has died or is for any reason unable to act
for himself, the complaint may be made by his personal representative or by a
member of his family or other individual suitable to represent him; but except
as aforesaid a complaint shall not be entertained under this Act unless made
by the person aggrieved himself.

(3) A complaint shall not be entertained under this Act unless made in such
form containing such particulars as may be prescribed and a separate complaint
shall be made out in respect of each separate injustice alleged to have been
sustained by the person aggrieved.

(4) A complaint shall not be entertained under this Act unless it is made to
the Commissioner before a day falling not later than two months from the time
when the person aggrieved first had knowledge, or might reasonably be deemed
to have had knowledge, of the action complained of or not later than six
months of the action complained of whichever of those days shall first occur
but the Commissioner may conduct an investigation of a complaint not made
within the time required by this subsection where he considers that there are
special circumstances which make it proper to do so and where the action
complained of did not occur earlier than one year before the passing of
this Act.

(5) A complaint shall not be entertained under this Act unless the
person aggrieved is resident in Northern Ireland (or, if he is dead, was so
resident at the time of his death) or the complaint relates to action taken in
relation to him while he was present in Northern Ireland or in relation to
rights or obligations which accrued or arose in Northern Ireland.

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