{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-9A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-9A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/9A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9A",
  "heading": "Judicial Appointments Ombudsman",
  "text": "(1) There is to be a Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman.\n(2) The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman is, by virtue of holding that office, the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman.\n(3) Schedule 3A makes further provision about the Ombudsman.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9A and preceding cross-heading inserted (25.9.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 124(2), 148; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 9A(2) substituted (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), ss. 58(1), 64"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 9A(2): 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 9A(2) extended (20.2.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 1 para. 12(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/section/9A",
    "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."
}