114 ANNUAL report annual REPORT 2013 Grounds for rejection – 2013 Rejected cases, total Of which municipal and regional cases 1. F  inal rejections 1. Complaints which were submitted too late (Section 13(3) of the Ombudsman Act provides for a limitation period of one year) 162 48 66 32 138 9 49 0 5. Complaints which related to other matters outside the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction, including private legal matters and the like (cf., a contrario, especially section 7(1) of the Ombudsman Act) 252 4 6. Complaints which were not clarified sufficiently to enable investigation and complaints which were withdrawn 420 95 7. Enquiries etc. without actual complaints 221 84 23 3 9. Complaints which the Ombudsman decided not to investigate (section 16(1) of the Ombudsman Act) 1,233 424 Final rejections, total 2,564 699 The administrative case processing options had not been exhausted (section 14 of the Ombudsman Act)1 1,860 785 Temporary rejections, total 1,860 785 Total (1+2) 4,424 1,484 2. The administrative case processing options had not been exhausted and were no longer available (section 14 of the Ombudsman Act) 3. Complaints which related to courts, judges or matters on which a court had made or was expected to make a decision – and which were thus outside the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction (section 7(2) of the Ombudsman Act) 4. Complaints about matters relating to Parliament, including legislative issues, which were thus outside the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction (cf., a contrario, especially section 7(1) of the Ombudsman Act) 8. Anonymous approaches (section 13(2) of the Ombudsman Act) 2. Temporary rejections