The Salaries (Public Services Ombudsman) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
The Salaries (Public Services Ombudsman) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
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Type: NI Statutory Rule
Year: 2026
Number: 138
Made: 2026-07-07
Coming into force: 2026-07-30
Last ingested: 2026-08-24 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
This Order sets the salary for the office of Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, pursuant to paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 1 to the Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
Paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1 to that Act provides that a salary order may have retrospective effect, and this order has such effect, increasing the salary payable to the Ombudsman with effect from 19th November 2025.
The Order provides for the annual revalorisation of the salary for the office of Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, which will increase or decrease each year in accordance with any percentage change in the salary payable to staff employed by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission.