Statutory Rules

1977 No. 104

REGULATIONS UNDER THE OMBUDSMAN ACT 1976.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Ombudsman Act 1976.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of June, 1977.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Capital Territory for and on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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OMBUDSMAN REGULATIONS

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Ombudsman Regulations.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1977.

Interpretation.

3. In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the Ombudsman Act 1976.

Bodies not to be taken to be prescribed authorities for the purposes of the Act.

4. For the purposes of the definition of “ prescribed authority ” in section 3 of the Act, a body specified in Schedule 1 is not to be taken to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of the Act.

Prescribed authorities.

5. For the purposes of the definition of “ prescribed authority ” in section 3 of the Act, each of the bodies specified in Schedule 2 is declared to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of the Act.

Persons not to be taken to be prescribed authorities for the purposes of the Act.

6. For the purposes of the definition of “ prescribed authority ” in section 3 of the Act, a person holding, or performing the duties of an office specified in Schedule 3 is not to be taken to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of the Act.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 30 June 1917.

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SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 4

Bodies that are not to be taken to be Prescribed Authorities for the purposes of the Act

Academic Salaries Tribunal

Anglo-Australian Telescope Board

Australian National Airlines Commission

Australian Security Intelligence Organization

Australian Shipping Commission

Christmas Island Phosphate Commission

Coal Industry Tribunal

Commonwealth Banking Corporation

Commonwealth Banking Corporation Board

Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia

Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia

Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia

Executive Committee of the Board for the Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia

Executive Committee of the Board for the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia

Executive Committee of the Board for the Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia

Flight Crew Officers Industrial Tribunal

Remuneration Tribunal

SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 5

Prescribed Authorities for the purposes of the Act

Aboriginal Hostels Limited

Applied Ecology Pty Limited

Commonwealth Hostels Limited

SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 6

Persons who are not to be taken to be Prescribed Authorities for the purposes of the Act

Auditor-General

Chairman of the Australian National Airlines Commission

Vice-Chairman of the Australian National Airlines Commission

Commissioner of the Australian National Airlines Commission

General Manager of the Australian National Airlines Commission

Chairman of the Australian Shipping Commission

Vice-Chairman of the Australian Shipping Commission

Commissioner of the Australian Shipping Commission

General Manager of the Australian Shipping Commission

Chairman of the Commonwealth Banking Corporation Board

Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Banking Corporation Board

Managing Director of the Commonwealth Banking Corporation

Deputy Managing Director of the Commonwealth Banking Corporation

General Manager of the Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia

General Manager of the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia

General Manager of the Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia

Public Service Arbitrator

Deputy Public Service Arbitrator

Chairman of the Remuneration Tribunal

Director-General of Security

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