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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 12 July 1989 - onwards

27. Investigation of complaints.

(1) The Minister may, by regulations made after consultation with the Bank, require the holder of a licence to establish or join in establishing a scheme or schemes for the investigation of complaints against that holder or an associated company in relation to a prescribed matter of complaint.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may make provision in relation to any one or more of the following -

(a) the establishment and administration of a scheme,

(b) the manner of appointment of an independent adjudicator to conduct investigations,

(c) the matters to be subject to investigation under the scheme,

(d) the grounds on which a complaint must be based,

(e) the powers of, and procedure to be followed in the conduct of investigations by, the adjudicator,

(f) the circumstances in and the extent to which determinations are binding,

(g) the procedures for the making of complaints,

(h) the publication of the adjudicator's findings,

(i) the approval of the scheme by the Bank.