s. s. 2 3 (a) has the same registered relationship meaning as it has in the Relationships Act and 2008; (b) in determining whether persons who are not in a registered relationship are domestic partners of each other, all of the circumstances of their relationship are to be taken into account, including any one or more of the matters referred to in section 35(2) of the Relationships Act 2008 as may be relevant in a particular case. (3) In this Act, a reference to a person who made a S. 2(3) inserted by protected disclosure complaint or to a person who No. 85/2012 made a relevant protected disclosure complaint is s. 144(2). a reference to a person who made a disclosure that was determined to be a protected disclosure complaint under section 26 of the Protected Disclosure Act 2012. __________________ 3 Appointment of Ombudsman (1) There shall be appointed a Commissioner for Administrative Investigations, to be called the Ombudsman. (2) The Ombudsman shall be appointed by the Governor in Council and shall hold office in accordance with this Act. (3) The Ombudsman shall not be a Member of Parliament of or of the Commonwealth or any other State. (4) Subject to this Act, the Ombudsman holds office S. 3(4) substituted by for a term of 10 years, and is not eligible to be No. 62/1989 reappointed. s. 5.
(a) registered relationship has the same meaning as it has in the Relationships Act 2008; and (b) in determining whether persons who are not in a registered relationship are domestic partners of each other, all of the circumstances of their relationship are to be taken into account, including any one or more of the matters referred to in section 35(2) of the Relationships Act 2008 as may be relevant in a particular case. S. 2(3) inserted by No. 85/2012 s. 144(2). (3) In this Act, a reference to a person who made a protected disclosure complaint or to a person who made a relevant protected disclosure complaint is a reference to a person who made a disclosure that was determined to be a protected disclosure complaint under section 26 of the Protected Disclosure Act 2012. s. 2 __________________ 3 Appointment of Ombudsman (1) There shall be appointed a Commissioner for Administrative Investigations, to be called the Ombudsman. s. 3 (2) The Ombudsman shall be appointed by the Governor in Council and shall hold office in accordance with this Act. (3) The Ombudsman shall not be a Member of Parliament of or of the Commonwealth or any other State. S. 3(4) substituted by No. 62/1989 s. 5. (4) Subject to this Act, the Ombudsman holds office for a term of 10 years, and is not eligible to be reappointed.
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