Ombudsman Regulations 2020

These regulations may be cited as the

Ombudsman

Regulations 2020.

In accordance with paragraph (e) of the definition of

agency to which this Act applies in section 3(1) of the Ombudsman

Act 1972, each of the following is declared to be an agency for the purposes of the Act:

a joint planning board established under the

Planning, Development and Infrastructure

Act 2016;

a subsidiary of a joint planning board established under the

Planning, Development and Infrastructure

Act 2016.

The Ombudsman

Act 1972 as in force before the commencement of

Schedule 1 of the Independent

Act 2021 continues to apply in connection with—

any complaint, report or investigation referred to in clause 70 of that Schedule; and

a complaint made on or before 25 August 2021 under any of the integrity Acts.

In this clause—

integrity Acts means each of the following:

Judicial Conduct Commissioner

Act 2015;

Ombudsman

Act 1972;

Police Complaints and

Discipline Act 2016.