ABSTRACT
It seems to us that there is a need for measures to ensure that all schemes operate according to public law precepts, and to provide a measure of protection and support for individual ombudsmen should this be needed. This ought to be seen in the context of a fundamental reform of our administrative law models, a reform which is long overdue, as has been well argued elsewhere.119 One recommendation has been for the introduction of a Standing Administrative Conference to oversee public law matters as the most effective solution.120 Others have argued for a Ministry of Justice to take on some of the tasks.121 But in the absence of such wholesale reform, we need to consider what is required specifically in relation to ombudsmen, both private and public. The question which then arises is what form should this regulatory body should take? There is an existing organisation, the BIOA, which might potentially fulfil that role.
