Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OMBUDSMAN (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1983 No. 62, 1983 - SECT 13

13. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "responsible Minister and the";

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

"(1A) The Ombudsman may from time to time make with the Commissioner an
arrangement with respect to the manner in which, and the period within which,
the Ombudsman is to inform the Commissioner that he proposes to investigate a
complaint under this Part, being a complaint included in a class or classes of
complaints specified in the arrangement."; and

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (9) the following sub-section:

"(9A) Where, in relation to an investigation of a complaint under this Part,
the Ombudsman proposes to afford a person an opportunity to appear before him
or before an authorized person and to make submissions under sub-section (7),
or proposes to make a requirement of a person under section  27 -

   (a)  if the complaint was made orally and the complaint has not
been reduced to writing - the complaint shall be reduced to
writing accordingly; and

   (b)  the Ombudsman shall, if he has not previously informed the
responsible Minister that the complaint is being investigated,
inform that Minister accordingly.".