OMBUDSMAN ACT 2001 - SECT 25 Procedure

OMBUDSMAN ACT 2001 - SECT 25

25 Procedure

(1) Unless this Act otherwise provides, the ombudsman may regulate the procedure on an investigation in the way the ombudsman considers appropriate.

(2) The ombudsman, when conducting an investigation—

(a) must conduct the investigation in a way that maintains confidentiality; and

(b) is not bound by the rules of evidence, but must comply with natural justice; and

(c) is not required to hold a hearing for the investigation; and

(d) may obtain information from the persons, and in the way, the ombudsman considers appropriate; and

(e) may make the inquiries the ombudsman considers appropriate.