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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-20",
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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/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Exclusion: public sector employment",
  "text": "TheOmbudsman must not investigate action taken in respect of appointments or removals, pay, discipline, superannuation or other personnel matters in relation to—\n(a) service in any office or employment under a listed authority,\n(b) service in any office or employment under the Crown,\n(c) service—\n(i) in any office or employment; or\n(ii) under any contract for services,\nin respect of which power to take action, or to determine or approve the action to be taken, in such matters is vested in a listed authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/4/section/20",
    "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."
}