4AOmbudsman not to investigate certain complaints

4A Ombudsman not to investigate certain complaints

[Section 4A Inserted by No. 33 of 2005, s. 5, Applied:11 Jul 2005]

(1)  If a person makes a complaint to the Ombudsman about an administrative action taken by a public authority, the Ombudsman may refuse to investigate that complaint if the person has not previously raised the complaint with the public authority to which the complaint relates.

(2)  If a person makes a complaint to the Ombudsman about an administrative action taken by a public authority that is also an energy entity as defined in the Energy Ombudsman Act 1998 , the Ombudsman must refuse to investigate that complaint if the complaint can be made under that Act.