In this section you will find previous publications and consultations that have closed.
On 24 July 2009, the OLC published an early discussion draft of the scheme rules for the Ombudsman scheme. As many of the decisions about how to shape the rules are wide ranging and possibly complex we wanted to set out our thinking early in an informal way to ask for comments. The discussion draft of the rules and the covering paper that went with it are here if you are interested.
Scheme rules discussion paper (148kb)
Discussion draft of the scheme rules (108kb)
On 15 September 2009 we published a revised draft of the scheme rules for formal consultation.