Ombudsmen (Ministry for Ethnic Communities) Order 2021
2021/79
Ombudsmen (Ministry for Ethnic Communities) Order 2021
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 19th day of April 2021
Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council
This order is made under section 32(1)(a) and (b) of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Order
1 Title
This order is the Ombudsmen (Ministry for Ethnic Communities) Order 2021.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on 1 July 2021.
3 Schedule 1 of Ombudsmen Act 1975 amended
In the Ombudsmen Act 1975, Schedule 1, Part 1A, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
| Ministry for Ethnic Communities | Department of Internal Affairs |
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order, which comes into force on 1 July 2021, inserts the name of the Ministry for Ethnic Communities into Part 1A of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975. The Ministry for Ethnic Communities is a new departmental agency to which the Public Service Act 2020 applies (see the Public Service (Ministry for Ethnic Communities) Order 2021).
The effect of this order is that both the Ombudsmen Act 1975 and the Official Information Act 1982 apply to the Ministry for Ethnic Communities.
Date of notification in Gazette: 22 April 2021.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Justice.