- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As enacted)
Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
You are here:
What Version
Advanced Features
Opening Options
More Resources
Status:
This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
The Ombudsman
The Prison Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
33.—(1) There shall be an office known as the Prison Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.
(2) The person for the time being holding the office of Prison Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is by that name a corporation sole.
(3) Schedule 3 has effect in relation to the Prison Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (in this Part referred to as “the Ombudsman”).
(4) The Ombudsman shall exercise the powers under this Part in such manner and to such extent as appears to the Ombudsman to be best calculated to secure—
(a)the efficiency, effectiveness and independence of the office of Ombudsman; and
(b)the confidence in the operation of that office of the public, prisoners and prison officers and other persons affected by the exercise of those powers.
Main functions of Ombudsman
34. The main functions of the Ombudsman are—
(a)dealing with complaints (see sections 35 and 36);
(b)investigating deaths in custody (see sections 37 and 38);
(c)carrying out other investigations at the request of the Department (see sections 39 and 40) or on the Ombudsman’s own initiative (see sections 41 and 42).
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Act
PrintThe Whole Part
PrintThis Cross Heading only
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
See additional information alongside the content
Show Explanatory Notes for Sections: Displays relevant parts of the explanatory notes interweaved within the legislation content.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
Explanatory Notes
Text created by the Northern Ireland Assembly department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes accompany all Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
More Resources
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- correction slips
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.