New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 235

235 Application of Commonwealth Ombudsman Act

(1) The Ombudsman Act applies as a law of a participating jurisdiction for the purposes of the national registration and accreditation scheme.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Ombudsman Act applies--

(a) as if a reference to the Commonwealth Ombudsman were a reference to the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman; and

(b) with any other modifications made by the regulations.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the regulations may--

(a) provide that the Ombudsman Act applies under subsection (1) as if a provision of the Ombudsman Act specified in the regulations were omitted; or

(b) provide that the Ombudsman Act applies under subsection (1) as if an amendment to the Ombudsman Act made by a law of the Commonwealth, and specified in the regulations, had not taken effect; or

(c) confer jurisdiction on a tribunal or court of a participating jurisdiction.

(4) In this section--

"Ombudsman Act" means the Ombudsman Act 1976 of the Commonwealth, as in force from time to time.