Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OMBUDSMAN ACT 1976 - SECT 3A

             (1)  A Commonwealth‑controlled company is a prescribed authority unless:

                     (a)  it is excluded by subsection (2); or

                     (b)  under the regulations it is to be taken not to be a prescribed authority.

             (2)  Subject to subsection (3), a Commonwealth‑controlled company is excluded for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) if:

                     (a)  the company was a Commonwealth‑controlled company immediately before the commencement of Part 6 of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 ; and

                     (b)  immediately before that commencement the company was not a prescribed authority for the purposes of this Act as then in force.

             (3)  A Commonwealth‑controlled company that, but for this subsection, would be excluded by subsection (2) is not so excluded if the regulations declare that the company is to be taken to be a prescribed authority.