Appointment of acting Ombudsman
62 Appointment of acting Ombudsman
(1) The Inspector may appoint an eligible person to act as the Ombudsman to deal with a specified matter under the Ombudsman Act 2009 that the Ombudsman cannot deal with due to a conflict of interest.
(2) A person is an eligible person for appointment as an acting Ombudsman under subsection (1) if the person:
(a) is an eligible person for appointment as the Commissioner; and
(b) is not, and has not been, at any time in the previous 12 months, a public officer.
(3) Concurrent appointments may exist under this section if the conditions of appointment distinguish the circumstances in which each appointee may act.
(4) To avoid doubt, an appointment may be made under this section regardless of whether a person has been appointed to act as the Commissioner under section
20.
Note for subsection (4)
Under section 21, a person appointed to act as the Commissioner under section 20 would also be an acting Ombudsman.
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