Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsA person must not be appointed as ombudsman if the person has been, within the last 3 years--
(a) a member of the Parliament of the State, another State or the Commonwealth; or
(b) the holder of--
(i) the office of the chairperson, the mayor, the president, a councillor or a member of a local government; or
(ii) an office in another State equivalent to an office mentioned in subparagraph (i).