Section 486Q — Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

(1) Subject to this Part, the Ombudsman Act 1976 applies in relation to the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s preparation of an assessment under section 486O (including his or her consideration of the report under section 486N to which the assessment relates), as if the preparation of the assessment were an investigation under that Act.

(2) The Commonwealth Ombudsman’s functions include the functions conferred on the Commonwealth Ombudsman by this Part.

Related sections

• s 486N — Secretary’s obligation to report to Commonwealth Ombudsman
• s 486O — Commonwealth Ombudsman to give Minister assessment of detention arrangements
• s 486P — Minister to table statement from Commonwealth Ombudsman
• s 486R — Civil penalty orders
• s 486S — Additional rules relating to the sponsorship civil penalty provisions
• s 486T — Civil enforcement of penalty

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