{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-56A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-56A.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "section/56A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56A",
  "heading": "Adjudication hearings",
  "text": "(1) Where the Commissioner proposes to make an adjudicationunder section 55(5)(c), the Commissioner may first hold an adjudication hearing.\n(2) The adjudication hearing must be held in public save to the extentthat the Commissioner determines that this would not be in the public interest.\n(3) Subject to—\n(a) subsection (2), and\n(b) the provisions of the 2016 Act which apply to adjudication hearings by virtue of section 63,\nthe procedure for an adjudication hearing is to be such as the Commissioner considers appropriate in the circumstances of the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 56A inserted (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 7 para. 2 (with Sch. 2 para. 9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/section/56A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:21.412545+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."
}