{"id":"F2025L00046","name":"Ombudsman (National Student Ombudsman) Rules 2025","slug":"ombudsman-national-student-ombudsman-rules-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442715,"registerId":"F2025L00046-fast-fetch-1775957669236","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ombudsman (National Student Ombudsman) Rules 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nOmbudsman (National Student Ombudsman) Rules 2025\n\nI, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following rules.\n\nDated  23 January 2025  \n\nMark Dreyfus KC\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\nPart 2—Prescribed bodies\n\n5  State or Territory bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 21AE of the Act\n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Ombudsman (National Student Ombudsman) Rules 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument At the same time as Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Act 2024 commences.However, the provisions do not commence at all if that Part does not commence.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 21AZL of the Ombudsman Act 1976.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:\n\n1.       prescribed body;\n2.       State or Territory body.\n\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Ombudsman Act 1976.\n\nPart 2—Prescribed bodies\n\n5  State or Territory bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 21AE of the Act\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of prescribed body in subsection 21AE(5) of the Act, each of the following bodies is prescribed:\n\n (a) ACT Integrity Commission;\n\n (b) Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Tasmania;\n\n (c) Anti-Discrimination Board, New South Wales;\n\n (d) Commissioner for Equal Opportunity, South Australia;\n\n (e) Crime and Corruption Commission, Queensland;\n\n (f) Human Rights Commission, Australian Capital Territory;\n\n (g) Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, Victoria;\n\n (h) Independent Commission Against Corruption, New South Wales;\n\n (i) Independent Commission Against Corruption, South Australia;\n\n (j) Information Commissioner, New South Wales;\n\n (k) Integrity Commission, Tasmania;\n\n (l) Office for Public Integrity, South Australia;\n\n (m) Privacy Commissioner, New South Wales;\n\n (n) Public Sector Commission, Western Australia;\n\n (o) Queensland Human Rights Commission;\n\n (p) South Australian Skills Commission; and\n\n (q) Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: prescribing State and Territory bodies for the purposes of section 21AE of the Ombudsman Act 1976. It does not expand beyond this specific statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 sections, approximately 1.5 pages)","Only 2 defined terms in the instrument itself ('Act' and the note referring to defined terms in the parent Act)","Single substantive provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward list of 17 bodies","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","No cross-references beyond basic references to the parent Act (Ombudsman Act 1976) and the Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Act 2024","Simple commencement mechanism tied to parent legislation commencement"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument lists State and Territory integrity, anti‑corruption, human rights and discrimination bodies authorised to receive student complaints on behalf of the National Student Ombudsman. It affects students, higher‑education providers, and those state/territory agencies.\n\nWhy it matters: it creates a referral pathway so complaints that fit other agencies’ expertise (e.g. corruption, discrimination, privacy) are directed to the right watchdog."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of the Ombudsman Act. It implements the Act’s mechanism by specifying which State and Territory bodies are to be treated as 'prescribed bodies' for subsection 21AE(5)(b) (see s5). It sets commencement timing but does not create new powers, fees or broader definitional changes to the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to the Ombudsman Act 1976 (notably subsection 21AE(5) and s21AZL) — legal effect depends on those provisions.","Commencement is conditional on a separate Act (Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Act 2024), adding timing dependency.","The instrument is primarily an enumerative list (s5) of prescribed State/Territory bodies (17 named agencies), so practical effect is determined by the list.","Relies on defined terms in the Act (eg. 'prescribed body', 'State or Territory body'), increasing interpretive reliance on the parent Act.","Limited substantive rules — no new powers, fees, or procedures are created here; implementation and operational detail remain in the Ombudsman Act and practice.","Potential jurisdictional overlap or cooperative obligations are implicit (coordination with multiple state/territory bodies) but not elaborated here."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument lists which State and Territory agencies count as \"prescribed bodies\" for the National Student Ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act 1976. It names specific integrity, anti‑corruption, human rights and privacy bodies so the Commonwealth Ombudsman can coordinate with them on student‑related matters.\n\nMade by the Attorney‑General under s21AZL and commencing only when Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Act 2024 commences, the rules affect the named agencies and the Ombudsman’s role but do not themselves create new powers or fees."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ombudsman-national-student-ombudsman-rules-2025","history":"/api/acts/ombudsman-national-student-ombudsman-rules-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ombudsman-national-student-ombudsman-rules-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ombudsman-national-student-ombudsman-rules-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ombudsman-national-student-ombudsman-rules-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ombudsman-national-student-ombudsman-rules-2025/documents"}}