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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-23",
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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/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Decisions taken without maladministration",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in this Act authorises the Ombudsman to question the merits of a decision taken without maladministration by a listed authority in the exercise of a discretion.\n(2) But this is subject to—\n(a) section 15(2)(b),\n(b) section 16(2)(b), and\n(c) section 17(2)(b).",
  "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/23",
    "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."
}