New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) (NEW SOUTH WALES) ACT 1987 - SECT 19

19 Application of the Ombudsman Act 1974

(1) Section 35B of the Ombudsman Act 1974 does not apply in relation to the exercise or proposed exercise of a function of an inspecting officer under this Part.

(2) Anything that an inspecting officer has done or omitted to do under this Part shall not be included in a report or special report under section 30 or 31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974 .

(3) Subject to section 15 of this Act, section 34 of the Ombudsman Act 1974 applies to information obtained as an inspecting officer and so applies as if:

(a) a reference in section 34 to information did not include a reference to lawfully obtained information, and

(b) paragraphs (a) and (b) (i) of section 34 (1) were omitted.