{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-3A/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-3A/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Ombudsman must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, lay before the Assembly a report about the performance of his functions during that year.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) The Ombudsman must publish any report once copies of it have been laid before the Assembly.\n(6) Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) in relation to the laying of a copy of a report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (25.9.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 124, 148, Sch. 15; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 15(1) substituted (1.4.2016) by virtue of Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 6 para. 11(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3A para. 15(2)(3) omitted (1.4.2016) by virtue of Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 6 para. 11(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3A para. 15(4) repealed (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 6 para. 11(b), Sch. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 15(5) substituted (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 6 para. 11(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 3A para. 15(6) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 68(b) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3A para. 15(6) substituted (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 6 para. 11(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A para. 15: transfer of functions (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 17 para. 17 (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/schedule/3A/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:23.998184+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."
}