{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-9E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-9E.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/9E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9E",
  "heading": "Report and recommendations",
  "text": "(1) The Ombudsman must prepare a report on any complaint he has investigated under section 9D.\n(2) The report must state—\n(a) what findings the Ombudsman has made;\n(b) whether he considers the complaint should be upheld in whole or part;\n(c) if he does, what if any action he recommends should be taken by the Commission or the Lord Chancellor as a result of the complaint.\n(3) The recommendations that may be made under subsection (2)(c) include recommendations for the payment of compensation.\n(4) Such a recommendation must relate to loss which appears to the Ombudsman to have been suffered by the complainant as a result of maladministration and not as a result of any failure to be appointed to an office to which the complaint related.",
  "extent": null,
  "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. 9E inserted (25.9.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 128, 148; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/section/9E",
    "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."
}