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There is a [[ceremonial]] element to the role and the Visitor may also be called upon to give [[advice]] where an [[institution]] expresses [[doubt]] as to its [[powers]] under its charter and statutes. However, the most important [[function]] of the Visitor was within [[academic]] institutions, where the Visitor had to determine disputes arising between the academic institution and its members. [[Traditionally]] the [[courts]] have been exempted from any [[jurisdiction]] over [[student]] complaints. As a result there had been much [[speculation]] that this contravened the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Act_1998 Human Rights Act 1998]. However in 2004 the Higher Education Act transferred the jurisdiction of the Visitor over student complaints in UK universities to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Independent_Adjudicator Office of the Independent Adjudicator].

There is a [[ceremonial]] element to the role and the Visitor may also be called upon to give [[advice]] where an [[institution]] expresses [[doubt]] as to its [[powers]] under its charter and statutes. However, the most important [[function]] of the Visitor was within [[academic]] institutions, where the Visitor had to determine disputes arising between the academic institution and its members. [[Traditionally]] the [[courts]] have been exempted from any [[jurisdiction]] over [[student]] complaints. As a result there had been much [[speculation]] that this contravened the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Act_1998 Human Rights Act 1998]. However in 2004 the Higher Education Act transferred the jurisdiction of the Visitor over student complaints in UK universities to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Independent_Adjudicator Office of the Independent Adjudicator].