Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00563:section:16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00563
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16
Character Range: 20684–21284

16  General policy guidelines
  In performing the Ombudsman's functions, the Ombudsman must:
 (a) perform the Ombudsman's functions in the most convenient and effective way possible; and
 (b) avoid duplicating the operations of any other agency of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that performs a function that wholly or partly overlaps with a function of the Ombudsman; and
 (c) work co‑operatively, as far as is possible, with other agencies of the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories to perform the Ombudsman's functions; and
 (d) comply with all other laws of the Commonwealth.