Ombudsman (National Student Ombudsman) Rules 2025 (Cth)

Ombudsman (National Student Ombudsman) Rules 2025

I, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following rules.

Dated 23 January 2025

Mark Dreyfus KC Attorney-General

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Part 2—Prescribed bodies 5 State or Territory bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 21AE of the Act

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Ombudsman (National Student Ombudsman) Rules 2025.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument At the same time as Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Act 2024 commences. However, the provisions do not commence at all if that Part does not commence.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority This instrument is made under section 21AZL of the Ombudsman Act 1976.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following: 1. prescribed body; 2. State or Territory body. In this instrument: Act means the Ombudsman Act 1976.