Australian Capital Territory
Freedom of Information (Ombudsman Information Officers) Appointment 2017 (No 1)
Notifiable instrument NI2017–692
made under the
Freedom of Information Act 2016, section 18 (Information officers – appointment) 

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Freedom of Information (Ombudsman Information Officers) Appointment 2017 (No 1)*.
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on 1 January 2018. Subsection 81(6) of the Legislation Act 2001 applies to this instrument.
3	Appointment of Information Officers
I appoint the persons who, from time to time, occupy the positions of Deputy Ombudsman and Senior Assistant Ombudsman together with people who occupy positions in the Legal and Information Access team in the Office of the Ombudsman as information officers.
Note	The Legislation Act 2001 defines “occupy”, in relation to a position, as including: to hold the position, act in the position or exercise functions of the position.
Michael Manthorpe
Ombudsman
20 December 2017