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Paragraph 1A F1F2

(1)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—

(a)

the provisions of this Act require the Ombudsman to exercise a specified function; but

(b)

the Ombudsman is, under paragraph 1, ineligible to exercise that function.

(2)

The Ombudsman must direct—

(a)

a member of the office of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman; or

(b)

any other appropriate person;

to exercise that function on behalf of the Ombudsman.

(3)

The Ombudsman may direct—

(a)

different persons to exercise different functions,

(b)

different persons to exercise the same function.

(4)

Where the Ombudsman has directed a person to exercise a specified function, that person is to be treated, for the purposes of exercising that function, as the Ombudsman.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 3A inserted (25.9.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 124, 148, Sch. 15; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 3

F2

Sch. 3A paras. 1-1C and cross-headings substituted for Sch. 3A para. 1 (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 6 para. 4