# Government of Wales Act 1998, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The person for the time being holding the office of Welsh Administration Ombudsman shall by the name of that office be a corporation sole.
(2) The Welsh Administration Ombudsman shall be regarded as holding office under Her Majesty and as exercising his functions on behalf of the Crown.
(3) Service as the Welsh Administration Ombudsman shall not be service in Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service but he shall be taken to be a Crown servant for the purposes of the Official Secrets Act 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/38/schedule/9/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-1998/schedule-9/paragraph-2
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