Několik informací a poznámek k instituci ombudsmana pro místní správu ve Velké Británii
Several Details and Comments on the Institution of the Local Government Ombudsman in Great Britain

Summary/Abstract: The institution of ombudsman is stili only being discussed and respectively proposed in the Czech Republic. The object of the paper is to offer certain amount of information and experience of application of one kind of the ombudsman institution - the Local Government Ombudsmen (LGO) in Great Britain and and in greater detail in England, which is represented by the Commission for Local Administration set up by Part III of the Local Government Act 1974, consisting of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and three Local Goverment Ombudsmen. The Commission's main objective, which is set out in each annual report, is the investigation of complaints of injustice arising from maladministration with a wiev to securing, where appropriate, both satisfactory redress for the complaint and better administration. The LGO are in a position to consider complaints against almost all types of local authorities, dealing with significant areas of local administration (the vast majority of investigations involve local councils). The LGO has, in general, the power to investigate, recommend correctvive action, and issue report. lf an LGO reports a finding that injustice has been caused to the complainant in consequence of maladministration, the local authority has a duty to consider the report and notify the ombudsman of the action taken, or what action is proposed to be taken. Not all authorities, however, are prepared to accept the LGO's decision. lf an authority does not satisfactory respond to a further report, the ambudsman may require the authority to publish a statement in a local newspaper, specifying the recommended action they have not taken, and, if they wish, their reasons for not complying with the LGO's reccommendation. The paper tries to fomulate in conclusion that the institute of local ombudsman is an organic part of the system of democratic and effective public administration and the state under the Rule of Law and that time-tested experience in this field should not be neglected.

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