27Application to Supreme Court

27 Application to Supreme Court (1) Where in the course of an investigation under this Act the question arises as to whether the Ombudsman has jurisdiction to conduct the investigation, the Ombudsman or the party subject to the investigation, may make an application to the Supreme Court for a determination of that question, and on the application the Court may make such order as it considers proper. S. 27(2) repealed by No. 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 143.1). S. 27(3) amended by Nos 85/2012 s. 171, 2/2019 s. 79(Sch. 1 Pt C item 37). (3) For the purposes of this section the principal officer of the authority or public interest disclosure entity affected by the investigation shall be deemed to be a party subject to the investigation.