New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) The Chief Ombudsman may appoint such officers and employees (including acting, temporary, or casual officers and employees) as may be necessary for the efficient carrying out of the functions, duties, and powers of the Ombudsmen under this Act.
(2) Except where this Act otherwise expressly provides, the Chief Ombudsman shall have all the rights, duties, and powers of an employer in respect of the persons appointed under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The Chief Ombudsman shall operate a personnel policy that complies with the principle of being a good employer.
(4) No person appointed under subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to be employed in the service of Her Majesty for the purposes of the State Sector Act 1988 or the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 by reason of that person's appointment under this section.
In section 11(4) the reference to the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 was substituted for a reference to the Superannuation Act 1956 by section 3(3) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 (1976 No 30), as from 1 November 1976, and the reference to the State Sector Act 1988 was substituted for a reference to the State Services Act 1962.
Section 11 was substituted, as from 2 September 1996, by section 2 Ombudsmen Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 137).