25Abandonment of complaint

25 Abandonment of complaint

25 Abandonment of complaint

(1) This section applies if a complainant has failed to—

(a) respond to a request for documents or information, or

(b) give notice to the President of an address or new address at which the complainant may be contacted.

(2) The President may, by written notice to the complainant at the complainant’s last known address, advise the complainant that, if a response is not received within 28 days after the notice is received—

(a) the complaint will be taken to be abandoned, and

(b) the President will terminate the complaint.

(3) A complaint terminated under this section may be revived if, within 12 months after the end of the 28-day period referred to in subsection (2), the complainant satisfies the President that—

(a) the complainant wishes to pursue the complaint, and

(b) the failure referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) did not take place or ought to reasonably be excused, and

(c) no undue prejudice would be caused to the respondent by reviving the complaint.