{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/4",
  "legislation_title": "Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person is disqualified from being appointed as the Ombudsman if the person is a member of—\n(a) a district council,\n(b) the Assembly,\n(c) the House of Commons,\n(d) the House of Lords, or\n(e) the European Parliament.\n(2) Where a person who is the Ombudsman—\n(a) is nominated as a candidate for election to a body listed in sub-paragraph (1), or\n(b) becomes a member of a body listed in sub-paragraph (1),\nthat person ceases immediately to be the Ombudsman.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/4/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:33:14.036130+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."
}