Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

OMBUDSMAN (AMENDMENT) ACT 1996 (NO 17 OF 1996)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 1996.  
   2.      This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.  
   3.      In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Ombudsman Act 1989.1  
   4.      The title of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “Australian Capital Territory”.  
   5.      Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   6.      Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) “Australian Capital Territory”.  
   7.      Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   8.      After section 6 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:  
   9.      Section 37A of the Principal Act is amended—  
   11.     Section 3 of the Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993 is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “Ombudsman”.  
   12.     Section 3 of the Epidemiological Studies (Confidentiality) Act 1992 is amended by omitting from the definition of “court” in subsection (1) “Australian Capital Territory”.  
   13.     Section 4 of the Freedom of Information Act 1989 is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “Ombudsman”.  
   14.     Section 4 of the Health Complaints Act 1993 is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “Ombudsman”.