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Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (2009 c 13) | Legislation

Investigation and enforcement

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[(1)     The Compliance Officer may conduct an investigation if the Compliance Officer has reason to believe that a member of the House of Commons may have been paid an amount under the MPs' allowances scheme that should not have been allowed.

(2)     An investigation may be conducted—

(a)     on the Compliance Officer's own initiative,

(b)     at the request of the IPSA,

(c)     at the request of the member, or

(d)     in response to a complaint by an individual.

(3)     For the purposes of the investigation the member and the IPSA—

(a)

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