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What does good Ombudsman legislation look like? (pdf 80kb)
This paper was prepared to respond to developments in the modification and creation of Ombudsman legislation in various parts of Australasia, and to consider a contemporary view of what ombudsman legislation needs.The principal source for this paper was the Annotated Model Ombudsman Statute paper by Walter Gellhorn.
The paper looks at the following topics:
- Considerations in determining need
- What is a recognised Ombudsman
- Requirements for ombudsman legislation
- Necessary features in legislation
- Desirable features in legislation
- Resource link:
http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/ commonwealth/publish.nsf/ AttachmentsByTitle/ international_paper_whatdoestheombudsmando_pdf/ $FILE/ international_paper_whatdoesombudsmanlegislationneed_200803817.pdf - Published: 2008
- Source: Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman (http://www.ombudsman.gov.au)
- Added to ADG on: 29 April 2008 , contributed by: Dr Stephen Ranck - Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
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