Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

OMBUDSMAN ACT 1989 - SECT 17EAA

    (1)     In this division:

"head", of a designated entity, means—

        (a)     for an administrative unit—the director-general of the administrative unit; or

        (b)     for a religious body—the individual nominated under subsection (2) or (3); or

        (c)     for any other designated entity—

              (i)     if a regulation prescribes the head of the entity—the prescribed head of the entity; or

              (ii)     in any other case—the individual primarily in charge of the management of the entity.

    (2)     A religious body must—

        (a)     nominate an individual as the head of the body for this division; and

        (b)     give the nomination to the ombudsman.

    (3)     If a religious body does not make a nomination under subsection (2), the ombudsman may, in writing, nominate an individual as the head of the body for this division.