Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OMBUDSMAN (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1983 No. 62, 1983 - SECT 24

24. Section 41 of the Principal Act is amended -

   (a)  by inserting in sub-section (2) ", including information furnished by
        the Ombudsman of a State or information disclosed to or obtained by
        the Commonwealth Ombudsman in the exercise of a power of the Ombudsman
        of a State
delegated to him as provided by sub-section 34 (7) of the Ombudsman Act 1976"
after "Act";
(b) by inserting in paragraph (3) (a) "exercise of the powers and the"
after "connected with the";

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (5) "or (c)" and substituting ", (c) or

   (d)  "; and

   (d)  by omitting sub-section (7) and substituting the following
sub-sections:

"(7) Subject to sub-section (8), where the Ombudsman proposes, for purposes
connected with the exercise of his powers or performance of his functions
under this Act, to furnish information, or to send a document, or a copy of,
or extract from, a document, to the Ombudsman of a State, the Ombudsman shall
satisfy himself that a law of the State makes provision corresponding to the
provision made by this section with respect to the confidentiality of
information acquired by the Ombudsman of the State.

"(8) Sub-section (7) does not apply in relation to any information or document
obtained by the Ombudsman in the exercise of a power of the Ombudsman of the
State that the Ombudsman was authorized to exercise in pursuance of
sub-section 34 (7) of the Ombudsman Act 1976.".