PART 2The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Reviews of deaths and other harmful conduct

I117Issuing and publication of reports

1

This section applies where the Chief Commissioner produces the final report on the findings of a review in accordance with section 15.

2

If the review was carried out following a request made under section 9 or 10, the Chief Commissioner must—

a

give the final report to the person who requested the review, and

b

publish the final report.

3

If the review was carried out following a decision by the ICRIR under section 12, the Chief Commissioner may publish the final report.

4

When deciding whether to publish the final report in such a case, the ICRIR must (in particular) take into account the views of—

a

any relevant family members of any person killed in the relevant event, and

b

any person who suffered serious physical or mental harm in the relevant event or, where such a person has subsequently died, any relevant family members of the person.

5

The ICRIR must take such steps as it considers reasonable to identify, and obtain the views of, the persons referred to in subsection (4)(a) and (b).

6

If a final report is not published in such a case, the Chief Commissioner must publish the statement of the manner in which the review was carried out that is included in the final report in accordance with section 15(3).

7

It is for the Chief Commissioner to decide the manner in which a final report, or statement of the manner in which a review was carried out, is published.

8

The Chief Commissioner may give the designated persons under Part 4 summaries of any final reports which are not published.

9

In this section—

  • “relevant event”, in relation to the final report on the findings of a review of a death or other harmful conduct, means the event in which that death, or other harmful conduct, occurred;

  • “relevant family member” has the meaning given in Part 2 of Schedule 3.