Persons who may apply for court filesN.I.
3.—(1) An application for a court file held by the Office will be accepted from a person (an “applicant”) who, at the time of the application, is aged eighteen years or older and who meets any of the following eligibility criteria—
(a)a person who appears to the Department to be—
(i)a person who has sustained physical or psychological injury as a result of an incident which has been recorded in a court file;
(ii)a person who has been bereaved as a result of an incident which has been recorded in a court file; or
(iii)a person who has been seriously adversely affected, in a manner other than as described at (i) and (ii), as a result of an incident which has been recorded in a court file.
(b)a solicitor acting on behalf of a person who meets any of the eligibility criteria set out at rule 3(1)(a).
(c)an employee of a charity acting on behalf of a person who meets any of the eligibility criteria set out at rule 3(1)(a).