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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Acting on behalf of a person aggrieved",
  "text": "(1) A member of the Assembly may act on behalf of a person aggrieved if authorised to act by the person.\n(2) The following may act on behalf of a person aggrieved who has died, or is unable for any reason to act—\n(a) a member of the Assembly,\n(b) a personal representative,\n(c) a family member, or\n(d) any other person the Ombudsman considers appropriate.\n(3) Any other person may act on behalf of a person aggrieved if—\n(a) that person is authorised in writing to act by the person aggrieved, and\n(b) the Ombudsman considers that person appropriate.\n(4) In the case of a complaint referred by a listed authority to the Ombudsman, the requirement in subsection (2) and (3) that the Ombudsman considers a person appropriate has no effect.\n(5) Where, under this section, another person acts on behalf of a person aggrieved, references in any other provision of this Act to a person aggrieved are to be construed as including that other person.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}