Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OMBUDSMAN ACT 1976 No. 181, 1976 - SECT 23

23. (1) The Minister may-

   (a)  by notice published in the Gazette, designate a Deputy Ombudsman as
        the Deputy Ombudsman for the Australian Capital Territory; and

   (b)  by notice published in the Gazette and in the Northern Territory
        Government Gazette, designate a Deputy Ombudsman as the
        Deputy Ombudsman for the Northern Territory.

(2) The Deputy Ombudsman for the Australian Capital Territory has all the
powers, and may exercise all the functions, of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in
relation to action taken by a Department or by a prescribed authority in the
Australian Capital Territory, except the power to report to the Parliament
under section 17 or 19.

(3) The Deputy Ombudsman for the Northern Territory has all the powers, and
may exercise all the functions, of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in relation to
action taken by a Department or by a prescribed authority in the Northern
Territory, except the power to report to the Parliament under section 17 or 19
and the power to report to the Legislative Assembly for the Northern Territory
under sub-section 18 (5).

(4) Nothing in this section prevents the exercise of a power or the
performance of a function by the Commonwealth Ombudsman.