Ombudsmen Act 1975 — New Zealand Legislation¶
Status: ✅ Approved Version: 1.3
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | GUARD-GOV-025 |
| Category | Governance |
| Subcategory | public-sector-oversight |
| Type | policy |
| Owner | Ministry of Justice |
| Approved by | — |
| Approved date | — |
| Review due | — |
Description¶
New Zealand's statutory framework establishing the office of Ombudsman, defining their investigative powers, complaint procedures, and oversight responsibilities for public service agencies, state enterprises, and local authorities. This legislation enables independent investigation of administrative decisions and establishes accountability mechanisms for government operations.
Source document¶
Ombudsmen Act 1975 | New Zealand Legislation
Last fetched: 2026-04-22
Related guardrails¶
- GUARD-GOV-024 — Public Records Act 2005 (New Zealand)
- GUARD-GOV-026 — Official Information Act 1982 — New Zealand
- GUARD-GOV-013 — Privacy Act 2020 — New Zealand
Change history¶
| Version | Date | Author | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2026-01-15 | auto-generated | Initial guardrail entry created from New Zealand legislation registry |
| 1.1 | 2026-04-21 | auto-generated | Updated source metadata with verified external URL, content hash, and current page title from legislation.govt.nz; refined description and tags for consistency with existing governance standards |
| 1.2 | 2026-04-22 | auto-generated | Updated source metadata; verified content hash and fetched timestamp from external URL |
| 1.3 | 2026-04-22 | auto-generated | Refreshed external URL source metadata and verified current content hash; metadata review completed |