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Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993
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#### 46 Notices etc to be written in other languages
46 Notices etc to be written in other languages
> > (1) If—
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> > > (a) the Ombudsman is required, by or under this Act, to cause a document or other instrument to be served on any person, and
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> > > (b) it appears to the Ombudsman that the person is blind or illiterate or is not literate in the English language,
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> > 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.
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> > (2) Failure to comply with this section does not affect any thing done under any other provision of this Act.
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> **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 \[46\].