Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Regulation 2018

The Ombudsman Act applies as if it were modified to provide that the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman must—

ensure the Ombudsman’s operations are carried out efficiently, effectively and economically; and

keep proper books and records in relation to the funds held by the Ombudsman; and

ensure expenditure is made from the funds held by the Ombudsman only for lawful purposes and, as far as possible, reasonable value is obtained for amounts expended from the funds; and

ensure the Ombudsman’s procedures, including internal control procedures, afford adequate safeguards with respect to—

the correctness, regularity and propriety of payments made from the funds held by the Ombudsman; and

receiving and accounting for payments made to the Ombudsman; and

prevention of fraud or mistake; and

take any action necessary to ensure the preparation of accurate financial statements in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards for inclusion in the annual report mentioned in section 29; and

Part 5 Application of Ombudsman Act

[s 29]

take any action necessary to facilitate the audit of the financial statements; and

arrange for any further audit by a qualified person of records kept by the Ombudsman in relation to the funds held by the Ombudsman, if directed to do so by the Ministerial Council.