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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-9/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-9/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to—\n(a) investigations required by paragraph 10; and\n(b) any other investigation carried out by the Commission where it believes that a public authority may have failed to comply with a scheme approved or made under paragraph 6 or 7.\n(2) The Commission shall send a report of the investigation to—\n(a) the public authority concerned;\n(b) the Secretary of State; and\n(c) the complainant (if any).\n(3) If a report recommends action by the public authority concerned and the Commission considers that the action is not taken within a reasonable time—\n(a) the Commission may refer the matter to the Secretary of State; and\n(b) the Secretary of State may give directions to the public authority in respect of any matter referred to him.\n(4) Where the Commission—\n(a) sends a report to the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (2)(b); or\n(b) refers a matter to the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (3)(a),\nit shall notify the Assembly in writing that it has done so and, in a case falling within paragraph (a), send the Assembly a copy of the report.\n(5) Where the Secretary of State gives directions to a public authority under sub-paragraph (3)(b), he shall notify the Assembly in writing that he has done so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/9/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+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."
}