PART 2The Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse
Miscellaneous
I129Independent review
1
The First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly must, every five years, commission an independent person—
a
to review the operation of the Commissioner, and
b
to send a report to the First Minister and deputy First Minister on the findings of the review.
2
The First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly may commission an independent person to act as mentioned in subsection (1) at such other times as they determine; and, if they do so, the period of five years referred to in subsection (1) accordingly runs from the date on which they do so.
3
The report must include an assessment of whether there continues to be a need for the Commissioner; and the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly must, in light of that assessment, determine whether the office of the Commissioner should continue.