Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Ombudsman Act 1973 - SECT 2

PART I INTERPRETATION

Definitions

2. Definitions

In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter-

administrative action means any action relating to a matter of administration,
and includes-

   (a)  a decision and an act;

   (b)  the refusal or failure to take a decision or to perform an act;

   (c)  the formulation of a proposal or intention; and

   (d)  the making of a recommendation (including a recommendation made to a
        Minister);

authority includes Government Department and Public Statutory Body and
municipal council;



complainant means a person who makes a complaint;

complaint means a complaint to the Ombudsman in respect of an administrative
action;

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Government Department includes a department within the meaning of the
Public Administration Act 2004 and an office specified in section 16(1) of
that Act;









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principal officer means-

   (a)  in relation to a Government Department-the Department Head of the
        Department within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 or
        the person carrying out the duties of the Department Head; and

   (b)  in relation to a Public Statutory Body-the chairman or presiding
        member of that body; and

   (c)  in relation to a municipal council the Chief Executive Officer of the
        municipal council; and

   (d)  in relation to the police force-the Chief Commissioner of Police;

Public Statutory Body means a body of persons, whether corporate or
unincorporate, constituted or established under an Act for a public purpose,
in respect of which the Governor in Council or a Minister has a right to
appoint all or some of its members and includes State Trustees.

State Trustees means the company described as State Trustees in the
State Trustees (State Owned Company) Act 1994 while that company is a company
a majority of shares in which is held by or on behalf of the State.
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