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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/4",
  "legislation_title": "Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On and after the transfer day, the Ombudsman is to be substituted for each existing office in any instruments, contracts or legal proceedings which relate to—\n(a) any function of that existing office, or\n(b) any property, rights or liabilities of that existing office transferred to the Ombudsman under paragraph 1,\nand which are made or commenced before the transfer day.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/4/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "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."
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