Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OMBUDSMAN (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1983 No. 62, 1983 - SECT 9

9. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "enactment" and
substituting the following definitions:

" 'enactment' means -

   (a)  an Act;

   (b)  an Ordinance of the Australian Capital Territory;

   (c)  an Ordinance of the Territory of Christmas Island or of
the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;

   (d)  an instrument made under an Act or under an
Ordinance referred to in paragraph (b) or (c); or

   (e)  a law (not being an Act, an Ordinance referred to in
paragraph (c) or an instrument referred to in paragraph

   (d)  ) in force in the Territory of Christmas Island or the
Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but does not include the
Norfolk Island Act 1979, the Northern Territory  (Self-Government) Act 1978 or
an enactment of Norfolk Island or of the Northern Territory; 'enactment of
Norfolk Island' means -

   (a)  a law or Ordinance referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or

   (c)  of the definition of 'enactment' in sub-section 4 (1)
of the Norfolk Island Act 1979; or

   (b)  an instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws)
made under such a law or Ordinance; 'enactment of the Northern Territory'
means -

   (a)  a law or Ordinance referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)
of the definition of 'enactment' in sub-section 4 (1) of
the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978; or

   (b)  an instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws)
made under such a law or Ordinance;"; and

   (b)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:

"(6) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to the
Ombudsman of a State shall be read as a reference to a person performing,
under a law of the State, functions similar to the functions performed by the
Ombudsman under this Part.

"(7) For the purposes of a provision of this Part (other than this
sub-section) in which a reference to the Ombudsman of a State occurs -

   (a)  a reference to a State, in relation to the Ombudsman of a State, shall
        be read as including a reference to the Northern Territory; and

   (b)  a reference to a law of a State, in relation to the Ombudsman of a
        State, shall be read as including a reference to an enactment of the
        Northern Territory.".