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Ombudsmen Amendment Act 1992

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Short Title

Interpretation

Addition to First Schedule

Ombudsmen Amendment Act 1992

Public Act		1992 No 25
Date of assent		10 April 1992

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Interpretation
3	Addition to First Schedule
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Ombudsmen Act 1975

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Ombudsmen Amendment Act 1992, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Interpretation

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 2, and substituting the following section:

“2

(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“‘Ombudsman’, in relation to any function, power, or duty under this Act, means the Ombudsman for the time being investigating the complaint in respect of which the function, power, or duty is being exercised:

“‘State enterprise’ means—

“(a)

An organisation that is a State enterprise within the meaning of section 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 and that is named in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act:

“(b)

An organisation that was a State enterprise within the meaning of section 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 but which continues to be named in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act.

“(2)

For the purposes of Part II of the First Schedule to this Act, a company is a related company of a State enterprise if the State enterprise, whether alone or together with any other State enterprise, directly or indirectly owns, or controls the exercise of all the voting rights attaching to, the equity share capital (as defined in section 158 of the Companies Act 1955) of the company.”

3 Addition to First Schedule

Part II of the First Schedule to the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, in its appropriate alphabetical order, the following item:

“Related companies of State enterprises (within the meaning of section 2(2) of this Act)”.

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.

Ombudsmen Amendment Act 1992