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PART 2U.K.The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Immunity from prosecutionU.K.

23Personal statements by persons affected by deaths etcU.K.

(1)This section applies in relation to—

(a)each review of a death which the ICRIR carries out following a request made under section 9;

(b)each review of other harmful conduct which the ICRIR carries out following a request made under section 10;

(c)each request for immunity from prosecution that is made under section 19 (whether or not the ICRIR carries out a review following a decision made under section 12(2) or (3), and whether or not the ICRIR has made such a decision).

(2)The Chief Commissioner must give an eligible person an opportunity to provide a personal statement to the ICRIR.

(3)If an eligible person provides a personal statement, the Chief Commissioner must give that person an opportunity to supplement the statement.

(4)In this section “personal statement” means a statement by an eligible person about the way in which, and degree to which, the Troubles-related events have affected and continue to affect—

(a)that person, and

(b)other relevant persons (if, and to the extent that, the person providing the statement is aware of, and wishes the statement to deal with, the effect on those persons).

(5)The definitions in subsection (6) are to be used for the purposes of this section in cases where this section applies—

(a)in relation to a review of a death which the ICRIR carries out following a request made under section 9, or

(b)in relation to a request for immunity from prosecution that is made under section 19—

(i)where the ICRIR carries out a review of a death following a decision made under section 12(2), or

(ii)where, if the ICRIR were to carry out a review in connection with the request for immunity, it would be a review of a death following a decision made under section 12(2).

(6)In any of those cases—

(7)The definitions in subsection (8) are to be used for the purposes of this section in cases where this section applies—

(a)in relation to a review of other harmful conduct which the ICRIR carries out following a request made under section 10, or

(b)in relation to a request for immunity from prosecution that is made under section 19—

(i)where the ICRIR carries out a review of other harmful conduct following a decision made under section 12(3), or

(ii)where, if the ICRIR were to carry out a review in connection with the request for immunity, it would be a review of other harmful conduct following a decision made under section 12(3).

(8)In any of those cases—

Commencement Information

I1S. 23 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)