New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15 House of Representatives may make rules for guidance of Ombudsmen

• (1) The House of Representatives may from time to time, if it thinks fit, make general rules for the guidance of the Ombudsmen in the exercise of their functions under this Act or under the Official Information Act 1982 or under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 or under the Protected Disclosures Act 2000, and may at any time in like manner revoke or vary any such rules.

  (2) Any such rules may authorise an Ombudsman from time to time, in the public interest or in the interests of any person or Department or organisation, to publish reports relating generally to the exercise of his functions under this Act or under the Official Information Act 1982 or under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 or under the Protected Disclosures Act 2000 or to any particular case or cases investigated by him, whether or not the matters to be dealt with in any such report have been the subject of a report to the House of Representatives under this Act.

  (3) All rules made under this section shall be printed and published in accordance with the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

  Compare: 1962 No 10 s 12

  Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 July 1982, by section 2(1) Ombudsmen Amendment Act (No 2) 1982 (1982 No 164) by inserting the words “under this Act or under the Official Information Act 1982”.

  Subsections (1) and (2) were amended, as from 1 March 1988, by section 57(1) Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (1987 No 174) by inserting the words “or the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987”.

  Subsection (1) was amended, as from 22 October 2003, by section 3 Ombudsmen Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 91) by substituting the words “under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 or under the Protected Disclosures Act 2000” for the words “the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987”.

  Subsection (2) was amended, as from 1 July 1982, by section 2(2) Ombudsmen Amendment Act (No 2) 1982 (1982 No 164) by inserting the words “or under the Official Information Act 1982”. Section 27 Constitution Act 1986 (1986 No 114) substituted the words “House of Representatives” for the word “Parliament”, as from 1 January 1987.

  Subsection (2) was amended, as from 22 October 2003, by section 3 Ombudsmen Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 91) by substituting the words “under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 or under the Protected Disclosures Act 2000” for the words “the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987”.

  Subsection (3) was amended, as from 19 December 1989, by section 28 Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 (1989 No 142) by substituting the words “Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989” for the words “Regulations Act 1936”.