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Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023

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54Carrying out the Troubles-related work programme

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(1)When carrying out the Troubles-related work programme, the designated persons must have regard to the need to ensure that—

(a)there is support from different communities in Northern Ireland for the way in which that programme is carried out,

(b)a variety of views of the Troubles is taken into account in carrying out that programme, and

(c)that programme is carried out in a way that promotes—

(i)reconciliation,

(ii)anti-sectarianism, and

(iii)non-recurrence of political and sectarian hostility between people in Northern Ireland.

(2)When carrying out the Troubles-related work programme, the designated persons must have regard to the views given to them by any advisory forum (see section 55) in accordance with the arrangements under which it is established.

(3)The designated persons may make arrangements about the way in which each of them will exercise its functions to secure that the Troubles-related work programme is carried out (“operational arrangements”).

(4)The designated persons must publish any current operational arrangements as soon as practicable after they are made or amended (or after the specified day, in the case of any operational arrangements made before that day and not already published).

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