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Ombudsman Act 2001
sec.86Delegation
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### sec.86 Delegation
The ombudsman may delegate the ombudsman’s functions under this Act or the Human Rights Act 2019 , section 66 to an appropriately qualified officer of the ombudsman.
However, the ombudsman may not delegate a function under this Act to an officer of the ombudsman if the ombudsman as the inspector of detention services has delegated a function to the officer under the Inspector of Detention Services Act 2022 .
In this section—
functions includes powers.
s 86 sub 2014 No. 28 s 97
amd 2020 No. 15 s 156 ; 2022 No. 18 s 94
(sec.86-ssec.1) The ombudsman may delegate the ombudsman’s functions under this Act or the Human Rights Act 2019 , section 66 to an appropriately qualified officer of the ombudsman.
(sec.86-ssec.2) However, the ombudsman may not delegate a function under this Act to an officer of the ombudsman if the ombudsman as the inspector of detention services has delegated a function to the officer under the Inspector of Detention Services Act 2022 .
(sec.86-ssec.3) In this section— functions includes powers.