Part VII

Human Rights and Equal Opportunities

Human rights

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
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1
There shall be a body corporate to be known as the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
2
The Commission shall consist of a Chief Commissioner and other Commissioners appointed by the Secretary of State.
3
In making appointments under this section, the Secretary of State shall as far as practicable secure that the Commissioners, as a group, are representative of the community in Northern Ireland.
4
Schedule 7 (which makes supplementary provision about the Commission) shall have effect.
S. 68 wholly in force at 1.3.1999; s. 68 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 101(3); s. 68 in force for certain purposes at 15.2.1999 and for all other purposes at 1.3.1999 by S.I. 1999/340, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1