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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-34",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/21",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Main functions of Ombudsman",
  "text": "The main functions of the Ombudsman are—\n(a) dealing with complaints (see sections 35 and 36);\n(b) investigating deaths in custody (see sections 37 and 38);\n(c) carrying out other investigations at the request of the Department (see sections 39 and 40) or on the Ombudsman's own initiative (see sections 41 and 42).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/21/section/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:52.150204+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."
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