New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OMBUDSMAN ACT 1974 - SECT 30

30 Annual reports

(1) The Ombudsman must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, prepare a report of the Ombudsman’s work and activities for the preceding 12 months and furnish the report to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament.

(2) The Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 is, in its application to the annual reports of the Ombudsman’s Office, modified as follows:

(a) letters of submission under that Act are to be made to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament and not to the appropriate Minister,

(b) the annual report is to be submitted to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament and not to the appropriate Minister,

(c) provisions of that Act relating to the presentation of annual reports to the appropriate Minister and to the public availability of annual reports do not apply to the Ombudsman or the Ombudsman’s Office.

(3) Section 31AA applies to the annual report of the Ombudsman’s Office as if it were a report made or furnished under this Part.