18Ombudsman may require information, document or other thing

18 Ombudsman may require information, document or other thing

18 Ombudsman may require information, document or other thing

(1) For an investigation under this Act, the Ombudsman may, by written notice, require a public authority to do the following—

(a) give the Ombudsman a written or oral statement of information specified or described in the notice,

(b) produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, a document or other thing, or a copy of a document, specified or described in the notice.

(2) The notice may—

(a) require a person to attend at a specified time and place to give an oral statement of information, and

(b) specify the time within which the information must be provided.

s 18: Am 1983 No 189, Sch 1 (7). Subst 2022 No 39, Sch 1[8].