Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023

11 Requests 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in which a request for a review may be changed (including by changing particular questions included in the request) or withdrawn.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).