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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-57",
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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/57",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Supplementary provision in relation to court proceedings",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of any proceedings under sections 52 to 55—\n(a) a report of the Ombudsman relating to an investigation is to be accepted as evidence of the facts stated within it, unless the contrary is proven, and\n(b) the authenticity of the report may be proved by production of a certificate of its authenticity signed by the Ombudsman.\n(2) Nothing in sections 52 to 55 affects the right to bring any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, which may be brought otherwise than under those sections.",
  "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/57",
    "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."
}