npm annual report 2016 / annex 1 CHAPTER 4 Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the detailed provisions Section 20 (20.5.2011/535) Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and detailed provisions For the preliminary processing of cases for decision by the Ombudsman and the performance of the other duties of the Ombudsman as well as for the discharge of tasks assigned to the Human Rights Centre, there shall be an office headed by the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Section 21 Staff Regulations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Rules of Procedure of the Office (20.5.2011/535) (1) The positions in the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the special qualifications for those positions shall be set forth in the Staff Regulations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman. (2) The Rules of Procedure of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman shall contain more detailed provisions on the allocation of tasks among the Ombudsman and the Deputy-Ombudsmen. Also determined in the Rules of Procedure shall be substitution arrangements for the Ombudsman, the Deputy-Ombudsmen and the Director of the Human Rights Centre as well as the duties of the office staff and the cooperation procedures to be observed in the Office. (3) The Ombudsman shall confirm the Rules of Procedure of the Office having heard the views of the Deputy-Ombudsmen and the Director of the Human Rights Centre. CHAPTER 5 Entry into force and transitional provision Section 22 Entry into force This Act enters into force on 1 April 2002. Section 23 Transitional provision The persons performing the duties of Ombudsman and Deputy-Ombudsman shall declare their interests, as referred to in Section 13, within one month of the entry into force of this Act. 87