Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00673:reg:15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00673
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15
Character Range: 15478–16718

15  Information to be given to the Ombudsman by principal officers
 (1) The principal officer of the agency must provide the following information to the Ombudsman for the purpose of preparing a relevant report:
 (a) the number of public interest disclosures received by authorised officers of the agency during the period covered by the report;
 (b) the kinds of disclosable conduct to which those public interest disclosures related;
 (c) the number of disclosures allocated to the agency during the period covered by the report;
 (d) the number of disclosure investigations that the principal officer conducted during the period covered by the report;
 (e) the time taken to conduct those investigations;
 (f) the actions that the principal officer has taken during the period covered by the report in response to recommendations in reports relating to those disclosure investigations;
 (g) any other information requested by the Ombudsman.
 (2) The principal officer must provide the information within a time requested by the Ombudsman or as otherwise agreed with the Ombudsman.
Note: In the case of an agency for which the IGIS is responsible, the Ombudsman would make any request through the IGIS.

Part 6—Transitional provisions