Ombudsman Regulation 1999

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Ombudsman Regulation 1999.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 7 May 1999.

3 Definitions

In this Regulation:

the Act means the Ombudsman Act 1974.

4 Notes

The explanatory note and table of contents do not form part of this Regulation.

5 Designated non-government agencies

The following bodies are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of designated non-government agency in section 25A of the Act, as referred to in paragraph (d) of that definition:

(a)    (Repealed)

(b)  any affiliated health organisation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997.

cl 5: Am 1.9.1999.

6 Designated government agencies

The following bodies are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of designated government agency in section 25A of the Act, as referred to in paragraph (c) of that definition:

(a)  a statutory health corporation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997,

(b)  the Ambulance Service of New South Wales,

(c)  the TAFE Commission.

cl 6: Ins 1.9.1999. Am 14.4.2000.

7 Head of agencies

(1)  This clause applies to an agency referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of designated non-government agency in section 25A (1) of the Act that is:

(a)  under the authority of a Catholic Bishop of New South Wales, or

(b)  governed by the provincial or other head of a religious organisation listed in Schedule 1.

(2)  For the purposes of the definition of head of an agency in section 25A (1) of the Act, the Executive Director of the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations is to be regarded as the head of an agency to which this clause applies.

cl 7: Ins 14.4.2000.

Schedule 1 Religious organisations

(Clause 7)

Associations of Christ’s Faithful

Society of St Vincent de Paul

Catholic health organisations

Hawkesbury District Health Service

Independent schools and colleges

Trinity Catholic College Limited Lismore
Kincoppal—Rose Bay

Religious congregations

Loreto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Sisters of the Good Samaritan
Missionary Sisters of the Society of St Mary
Hospitaller Order of St John of God
Sisters of St Joseph Maitland
Society of the Divine Word
Passionists
Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy Gunnedah
Marist Fathers Australian Province
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
St Columban’s Mission Society
Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, NSW
Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia
Sisters of Mercy Wilcannia Forbes
De La Salle Brothers
Presentation Sisters Lismore
Christian Brothers NSW
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Sisters of Mercy Grafton
Redemptorist Congregation
Sisters of St Joseph Perthville
Order of St Augustine
Sisters of Mercy Bathurst
Religious Sisters of Charity of Australia
Sisters of St Joseph Goulburn
Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers and Brothers)
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Presentation Sisters Wagga Wagga
Missionary Sisters of Mary Queen
Benedictine Monks
Sisters of Mercy Singleton
Sisters of Mercy Goulburn
Parramatta Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy
Salesians of Don Bosco (including Boys’ Town Engadine)
Marist Brothers Drummoyne (Sydney Province)
Ursulines of the Roman Union
The Trustees of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family
Carmelites: Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sisters of St Paul of Chartres
Congregation of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth
Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary
Sisters of Mercy North Sydney
Order of St Clare—Poor Clare
Lebanese Maronite Order
Society of the Sacred Heart
Good Shepherd Sisters

sch 1: Ins 14.4.2000.