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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-1",
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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": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman",
  "text": "(1) There is to be a Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (in this Act “the Ombudsman”).\n(2) The principal purpose of the Ombudsman is to investigate alleged maladministration in listed authorities.\n(3) Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Ombudsman.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/4/section/1",
    "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."
}