s 340F Investigation of complaints and delegation of Defence Council functions
(1) The Defence Council may authorise a person to investigate a particular service complaint— (a) on the Council's behalf, or (b) on behalf of a person or panel of persons appointed to deal with a service complaint or to determine an appeal relating to a service complaint. (2) Service complaints regulations may authorise the Defence Council to delegate to any person, to such extent and subject to such conditions as the Council consider appropriate, any of the Council's functions under the preceding provisions of this Part. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to— (a) the Defence Council's function of making service complaints regulations, (b) the Council's function of dealing with a service complaint or determining an appeal, or (c) any function of the Council by virtue of section 340C(3)(b) or 340D(4)(b) in connection with authorising a person to make decisions or determinations and to grant redress. (4) Subsection (2) does not affect the application of section 1(5) or (7) of the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (discharge by Service Boards of Defence Council functions) in relation to the Defence Council's functions under the preceding provisions of this Part.