OMBUDSMAN ACT 2001 - SECT 72 Vacation of office

OMBUDSMAN ACT 2001 - SECT 72

72 Vacation of office

The ombudsman is taken to resign office as the ombudsman and the inspector of detention services on becoming a candidate for election to—

(a) the Parliament of another State or of the Commonwealth; or

(b) the office of the chairperson, the mayor, the president, a councillor or a member of a local government; or

(c) an office in another State equivalent to an office mentioned in paragraph (b) .

Note—

Under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , section 67 (1) , the person holding office as the ombudsman and the inspector of detention services must resign on being nominated under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 84 , as a candidate for election.