{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/976",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 60A (investigations into current police practices and policies)—\n(a) in subsection (3) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;\n(b) after subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) Where it appears to the Ombudsman that an investigation may relate wholly or in part to—\n(a) a matter in respect of which a function is conferred or imposed on the Secretary of State by or under a statutory provision, or\n(b) an excepted matter or reserved matter (within the meaning given by section 4 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998),\nthe Ombudsman shall also immediately inform the Secretary of State of the matters mentioned in subsection (3)(a) to (c).”; and\n(c) after subsection (5) insert—\n“(6) The Ombudsman shall send a copy of his report to the Department of Justice, if the investigation relates wholly or in part to a matter in respect of which a function is conferred or imposed on the Department of Justice by or under a statutory provision.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 31 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 60A was inserted by section 13 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/976/schedule/3/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:45:39.950485+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."
}