Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Under section 44 the Ombudsman shall determine a complaint to be inadmissible where it was made after the expiry of the time limits specified in section 51.

Section 51 is the section that allows one to extend it but the test of that may be quite difficult. In terms of the language in the legislation, would it be preferable if it said that the ombudsman "may" determine, as opposed to "shall" determine?