New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) (NEW SOUTH WALES) ACT 1987 - SECT 13

13 Ombudsman’s general powers

(1) For the purposes of an inspection under this Part of an eligible authority’s records, the Ombudsman:

(a) may, after notifying the chief officer of the authority, enter at any reasonable time premises occupied by the authority,

(b) is entitled to have full and free access at all reasonable times to all records of the authority,

(c) notwithstanding any other law, is entitled to make copies of, and to take extracts from, records of the authority, and

(d) may require an officer of the authority to give the Ombudsman such information as the Ombudsman considers necessary, being information that is in the officer’s possession, or to which the officer has access, and that is relevant to the inspection.

(2) The chief officer of an eligible authority shall ensure that the authority’s officers provide to the Ombudsman such assistance in connection with the exercise of the Ombudsman’s functions under this Part as the Ombudsman reasonably requires.