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Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
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PART 2Relevant authorities: identification of sensitive or prejudicial information
Information made available by a relevant authority
2(1)This paragraph applies if a relevant authority is proposing to make any information available to the ICRIR (whether in accordance with section 5 or otherwise).
(2)The relevant authority must identify any of the information which, in the relevant authority’s opinion, is—
(a)sensitive information, or
(b)prejudicial information.
(3)When making the information available to the ICRIR, the relevant authority must notify the Commissioner for Investigations of any of the information which the relevant authority has identified in accordance with this paragraph.
Information made available by other persons
3(1)This paragraph applies if a person other than a relevant authority—
(a)is proposing to make any information available to the ICRIR, or
(b)has made any information available to the ICRIR.
(2)A relevant authority may identify any of the information which (in the relevant authority’s opinion) is—
(a)sensitive information, or
(b)prejudicial information.
(3)The relevant authority must notify the Commissioner for Investigations of any of the information which that relevant authority has identified in accordance with this paragraph.
Notifications under this Schedule
4A notification of information under paragraph 2 or 3 must include a statement of whether, in the relevant authority’s opinion, the information would, if disclosed generally, be—
(a)sensitive information,
(b)prejudicial information, or
(c)information of both of those kinds.
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