Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00563:section:66
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00563
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 66
Character Range: 57631–58388

66  Requests for assistance
 (1) Any person may request assistance from the Ombudsman in relation to a relevant action.
 (2) The request may be made to the Ombudsman orally or in writing.
 (3) If the request is made orally to the Ombudsman, the Ombudsman may:
 (a) reduce the request to writing; or
 (b) at any time require the person who made the request to reduce the request to writing.
 (4) If the Ombudsman requires a person to reduce a request for assistance to writing, the Ombudsman may decline to deal with the request, or to deal with the request further, until the person reduces the request to writing.
 (5) A request for assistance in relation to a relevant action made to the Ombudsman in writing, or reduced to writing, is a formal request.