46Notices etc to be written in other languages

46 Notices etc to be written in other languages

46 Notices etc to be written in other languages

(1) If—

(a) the Ombudsman is required, by or under this Act, to cause a document or other instrument to be served on any person, and

(b) it appears to the Ombudsman that the person is blind or illiterate or is not literate in the English language,

the Ombudsman is, in so far as it is reasonably practicable, to cause the information contained in the document or other instrument to be communicated to the person in a manner that the person understands, which may include (in the case of a person who is literate in another language) by means of a document or other instrument written in that other language.

(2) Failure to comply with this section does not affect any thing done under any other provision of this Act.

s 46 (previously s 116): Am 1997 No 77, Sch 1.6 [13]; 2002 No 42, Sch 1 [38]. Renumbered 2002 No 42, Sch 1 [46].