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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-older-people-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-1",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Commissioner for Older People Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-older-people-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) There is to be an officer known as the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland.\n(2) The Commissioner is to be appointed by the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly.\n(3) The appointment of the Commissioner under subsection (2) may be made only after taking account of the views of persons aged 60 or over in accordance with arrangements made by the Executive Office .\n(4) Schedule 1 has effect in relation to the Commissioner.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(3) substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 12 (with art. 9(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1(1)-(2): transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with art. 9(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 1(4): transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with art. 9(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/1/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:00.127479+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}