Statutory Rules
1979 No. 182
REGULATIONS UNDER THE OMBUDSMAN ACT 19761
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government 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 fifth day of September 1979.
STANLEY BURBURY
Administrator
By His Excellency’s Command,
IAN VINER
Minister of State for Employment and Youth Affairs
for and on behalf of the Prime Minister
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AMENDMENTS OF THE OMBUDSMAN REGULATIONS2
1. After regulation 6 of the Ombudsman Regulations the following regulations are inserted:
Application of allowances of First Division Officer and a Second Division Officer
“7. Subject to any determination made under the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973, the Ombudsman, or a Deputy Ombudsman, is entitled to be paid such allowances as would be payable to him under the Public Service Regulations as in force from time to time if he were an officer in the Australian Public Service and were included–
(a) in the case of the Ombudsman–in the First Division; or
(b) in the case of a Deputy Ombudsman–in the Second Division.
Terms and conditions of holding office
“8. In respect of matters not provided for in the Act–
(a) the Ombudsman holds office on such of the terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Act or other provisions of these Regulations as would be applicable to him if he were an officer in the Australian Public Service and were included in the First Division; and
(b) a Deputy Ombudsman holds office on such of the terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Act or other provisions of these Regulations as would be applicable to him if he were an officer in the Australian Public Service and were included in the Second Division.
Principal officers
“9. For the purposes of the definition of ‘principal officer’ in section 3 of the Act, an office specified in column 2 of Schedule 4 is declared to be the principal office in respect of the prescribed authority specified opposite to that office in column 1 of that Schedule.”.
Schedule 2
2. Schedule 2 to the Omubudsman Regulations is amended by omitting “Commonwealth Hostels Limited” and substituting “Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Services Limited”.
Schedule 4
3. The Ombudsman Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:
SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 9
PRINCIPAL OFFICES IN RESPECT OF PRESCRIBED AUTHORITIES
Column 1 Prescribed authority | Column 2 Principal office |
Australia Council...................... | General Manager |
Australian Capital Territory Fire Brigade....... | Fire Commissioner |
Australian Capital Territory Schools.......... | Authority Chief Education Officer |
Australian Electoral Office................ | Chief Australian Electoral Officer |
Australian Institute of Marine Science......... | Director |
Australian Postal Commission.............. | Managing Director |
Australian Science and Technology Council..... | Secretary |
Australian Telecommunications Commission.... | Managing Director |
Australian Tourist Commission............. | General Manager |
Australian Trade Union Training Authority..... | National Director |
Board of Trustees of the Australian War Memorial | Director of the Australian War Memorial |
Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Services Limited | General Manager |
Commonwealth Police Force............... | Secretary to the Department of Administrative Services |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | Executive Officer |
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories.......... | Director of Commonwealth Commission Serum Laboratories |
Curriculum Development Centre............ | Director |
Defence Service Homes Corporation.......... | First Assistant Secretary Defence Service Homes Division, Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation...... | Managing Director |
Metric Conversion Board................. | Executive Member |
National Library of Australia............... | Director-General |
National Standards Commission............. | Executive Officer |
Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia | General Manager |
Police Force of the Australian Capital Territory... | Commissioner of Police |
Each Trade Commissioner and each Assistant Trade Commissioner | Secretary to the Department of Trade and Resources |
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 September 1979.
2. Statutory Rules 1977 No. 104 as amended by Statutory Rules 1978 No. 103.