24APreliminary inquiries

#### 24A Preliminary inquiries (1) Where a complaint has been made to the Ombudsman under this Part, the Ombudsman may, for the purpose of: (a) determining whether or not the complaint concerns action taken by an AFP appointee; or (b) if the Ombudsman is satisfied that the complaint concerns action taken by an AFP appointee—determining whether or not the Ombudsman may, in his or her discretion, determine that the complaint should not be investigated under this Act; make inquiries of the Commissioner or, if an arrangement with the Commissioner is in force under subsection (2), of the appointee as is, or the appointees as are, referred to in the arrangement. (2) The Ombudsman may from time to time make with the Commissioner an arrangement with respect to the AFP appointees of whom all inquiries, or inquiries included in a class or classes of inquiries specified in the arrangement, are to be made by the Ombudsman in pursuance of subsection (1).