New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OMBUDSMAN ACT 1974 - SECT 8

8 Deputy Ombudsman and Assistant Ombudsman-appointment etc

(1) The Ombudsman may appoint one or more Deputy Ombudsman and Assistant Ombudsman.

(1A) The Ombudsman must appoint a Deputy Ombudsman as the Community and Disability Services Commissioner for the purposes of the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 .

(2) The provisions of section 6 (3) (b), (4) (b)-(d) and (5) apply to and in respect of a Deputy Ombudsman and an Assistant Ombudsman in the same way that they apply to and in respect of the Ombudsman.

(3) The employment of a Deputy Ombudsman and an Assistant Ombudsman is subject to Part 2A of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 , but is not subject to Part 2 of that Act.

(4) Section 42Q (Removal of executive officers from office) of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 applies to and in respect of a Deputy Ombudsman and an Assistant Ombudsman as if the references in that section to the Governor were references to the Department Head within the meaning of that Act.

(5) If a Deputy Ombudsman or an Assistant Ombudsman is appointed as acting Ombudsman, he or she does not, on that account, cease to be Deputy Ombudsman or an Assistant Ombudsman.

(6) Despite subsection (2), section 6 (4) (b) does not apply to or in respect of a Deputy Ombudsman or an Assistant Ombudsman if the Deputy Ombudsman or Assistant Ombudsman engages in paid employment outside the duties of the office of Deputy Ombudsman or Assistant Ombudsman with the approval of the Ombudsman.