Ombudsmen Act 1975

Introduction

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"Helping People Treated Unfairly by the Government"

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This law brings together and updates the rules from the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Act 1962. You will find the updated rules in this law. It makes some changes to the old rules. This law is about the Parliamentary Commissioner, also known as the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman is a person who helps people when they think they have been treated unfairly by the government. You can find more information about the Ombudsman's role in this law. It explains what the Ombudsman can do to help people. The law also updates some of the old rules from the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Act 1962. You can read about these changes in this law.

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1: Short Title and commencement, or

"Name and Start Date of the Ombudsmen Act 1975"

Ombudsmen Act 1975

Reprint as at:
2026-01-01
Assent:
1975-06-26
Commencement:
see section 1

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.


An Act to consolidate and amend the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Act 1962