Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017
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Number 22 of 2017 | ||
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND PENSIONS OMBUDSMAN ACT 2017 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Establishment of Office of Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman | ||
7. Establishment of Office of Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman | ||
9. Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament | ||
11. Removal or resignation of Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman | ||
22. Accountability of Ombudsman to Public Accounts Committee | ||
23. Accountability of Ombudsman to other Oireachtas Committees | ||
Dissolutions and Transfers of Functions to Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman | ||
Dissolution and transfer of functions | ||
33. Provisions consequent upon conferral of functions or transfer of assets and liabilities | ||
Transfer of staff and superannuation | ||
Accounts and audits | ||
36. Final accounts and final annual report of dissolved bodies | ||
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Council | ||
38. Chairperson and members of Financial Services Ombudsman Council | ||
41. Accountability of chairperson of Council to Oireachtas Committees | ||
Complaints to the Ombudsman | ||
47. Powers of Ombudsman in relation to investigation of complaint | ||
48. Investigation by Ombudsman of complaints made before establishment day | ||
Complaints Procedure | ||
Appeals and Applications to Court | ||
Other Transitional Provisions | ||
Consequential Amendments | ||
Miscellaneous | ||
Repeals and Revocations | ||
Acts of the Oireachtas | ||
Statutory Instruments | ||
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Council | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 | ||
Carer’s Leave Act 2001 (No. 19) | ||
Central Bank Act 1942 (No. 22) | ||
Central Bank Act 1997 (No. 8) | ||
Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8) | ||
Consumer Credit Act 1995 (No. 24) | ||
Courts Act 1981 (No. 11) | ||
Currency Act 1927 (No. 32) | ||
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 | ||
Finance Act 1958 (No. 25) | ||
Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30) | ||
Income Tax Act 1967 (No. 6) | ||
Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 | ||
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 | ||
Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 | ||
Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11) | ||
Pawnbrokers Act 1964 (No. 31) | ||
Pensions Act 1990 (No. 25) | ||
Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (No. 33) | ||
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014 | ||
Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (No. 20) | ||
Statutory Instruments Act 1947 (No. 44) | ||
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39) | ||
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014 | ||
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 | ||
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Number 22 of 2017 | ||
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND PENSIONS OMBUDSMAN ACT 2017 | ||
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman and to confer functions on it; to provide for the appointment of persons to be the Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman; to provide for a complaints procedure; to provide for appeals in relation to decisions of the Ombudsman; to provide for the dissolution of the Financial Services Ombudsman Council, the Financial Services Ombudsman’s Bureau and the office of the Pensions Ombudsman; to provide for the establishment of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Council; to repeal certain provisions of the Central Bank Act 1942 and the Pensions Act 1990 and to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014 ; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[26th July, 2017] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: |
