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Broadcasting Act 1989

Complaints

11: Power of Authority to decline to determine complaint

You could also call this:

"The Authority can refuse to investigate a complaint if it's not serious or important."

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The Authority can choose not to look into a complaint sent to them under section 8 if they think it is not serious or important. You might make a complaint that the Authority thinks is frivolous, vexatious, or trivial. The Authority can also decide not to look into your complaint if they think it is not a good idea to do so, considering all the circumstances.

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Part 2Complaints

11Power of Authority to decline to determine complaint

  1. The Authority may decline to determine a complaint referred to it under section 8 if it considers—

  2. that the complaint is frivolous, vexatious, or trivial; or
    1. that, in all the circumstances of the complaint, it should not be determined by the Authority.