PART 2The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
Reviews of deaths and other harmful conduct
I111Requests for reviews: general provision
1
A person making a request for a review may include in the request particular questions about the death, or other harmful conduct, to which the review will relate.
2
The Commissioner for Investigations is to decide—
a
the form and manner in which a request for a review is to be made;
b
the circumstances (if any) in which a request for a review may be changed (including by changing particular questions included in the request) or withdrawn.
3
The Commissioner for Investigations may reject a request for a review that is not made in the required form or manner.
4
In a case where—
a
the ICRIR is carrying out a review of a death or other harmful conduct (whether following a request under section 9 or 10 or a decision by the ICRIR under section 12), and
b
a request (or subsequent request) is made for a review relating to that death or that other harmful conduct,
the Commissioner for Investigations is to decide how that request is to be dealt with.
5
The Commissioner for Investigations may (in particular) decide—
a
to reject that request (or subsequent request), or
b
that, in a case where the ICRIR is carrying out the review following a request, the person or persons making the subsequent request are to be treated as if they had joined in the making of the earlier request.
6
In a case where—
a
the ICRIR has carried out a review of a death or other harmful conduct (whether following a request under section 9 or 10 or a decision by the ICRIR under section 12), and
b
a request (or subsequent request) is made for a review relating to that death or that other harmful conduct,
the Commissioner for Investigations is to decide how that request is to be dealt with.
7
In deciding how that request is to be dealt with, the Commissioner for Investigations—
a
must take into account the review that has already been carried out; and
b
in particular, must ensure that the ICRIR does not do anything which duplicates any aspect of that review unless, in the ICRIR’s view, the duplication is necessary.
8
The Commissioner for Investigations may (in particular) decide to reject that request (or subsequent request).