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Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 38)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-16)1. Short title and commencement.2. Definition.3. Amendment of section 1 (definitions) of Principal Act.4. Reviewable agency.5. Amendment of section 2 (appointment and term of office of the Ombudsman) of Principal Act.6. Amendment of section 4 (functions of the Ombudsman) of Principal Act.7. Duty on reviewable agencies to give assistance and guidance, etc.8. Amendment of section 5 (exclusions) of Principal Act.9. Amendment of section 6 (reports, etc., by the Ombudsman) of Principal Act.10. Amendment of section 7 (powers of Ombudsman in respect of examinations and investigations) of Principal Act.11. Amendment of section 8 (conduct of investigations) of Principal Act.12. Reference of questions of law to High Court.13. Amendment of section 9 (secrecy of information) of Principal Act.14. Amendment of section 10 (staff of the Ombudsman) of Principal Act.15. Use of title of ombudsman.16. Substitution of Schedules.Part 2 Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments (ss. 17-20)17. Definition (Part 2).18. Amendment of section 28 (Director) of Act of 2004.19. Amendment of section 29 (Accounting officer and accounts, etc.) of Act of 2004.20. Staff of Office of Commission.Part 3 Consequential Amendments of other Acts (ss. 21-26)21. Amendment of section 50 of British-Irish Agreement Act 1999.22. Amendment of Ombudsman for Children Act 2002.23. Amendment of section 36 of Official Languages Act 2003.24. Amendment of section 28 of Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act 2005.25. Amendment of section 40 of Disability Act 2005.ScheduleSchedule, Part 1 Schedule Replacing First Schedule to Principal ActSchedule, Part 2 Schedule Replacing Second Schedule to Principal Act
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: No known changes
Version date: 30 April 2013 - onwards
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19. Amendment of section 29 (Accounting officer and accounts, etc.) of Act of 2004.

 The Act of 2004 is amended by substituting the following for section 29:

"29. 

(1) For the purposes of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993, the person who stands as the duly appointed accounting officer for the appropriation accounts of the Office of the Ombudsman shall also be the accounting officer for the appropriation accounts of the Office of the Commission.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be read so as to prevent the amalgamation of the appropriation accounts and vote of the Office of the Commission and the Office of the Ombudsman into one appropriation account and one vote.".

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