Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OMBUDSMAN ACT 1976 - SECT 4A

    For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ):

  (a)   the following group of persons is a listed entity:

  (i)   the Commonwealth Ombudsman;

  (ii)   the Deputy Commonwealth Ombudsmen;

  (iii)   the staff referred to in subsection   31(1); and

  (b)   the listed entity is to be known as the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman; and

  (c)   the Commonwealth Ombudsman is the accountable authority of the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman; and

  (d)   the persons referred to in paragraph   (a) are officials of the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman; and

  (e)   the purposes of the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman include:

  (i)   the functions of the Commonwealth Ombudsman referred to in subsection   4(2) and section   5; and

  (ii)   the functions of the Defence Force Ombudsman referred to in section   19C; and

  (iii)   the functions of the Postal Industry Ombudsman referred to in section   19M; and

  (iv)   the functions of the Overseas Students Ombudsman referred to in section   19ZJ; and

  (v)   the functions of the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman referred to in section   20D; and

  (vi)   the functions of the VET Student Loans Ombudsman referred to in section   20ZM.