Provisions coming into force on 1st December 20232

The following provisions of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 come into force on 1st December 2023—

a

section 2(1) to (3), (11), (12) and (14) and Schedule 1 (the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery, the Commissioners and ICRIR officers);

b

section 3 (ICRIR officers);

c

section 4(1) and (2) (actions of the ICRIR: safeguards);

d

section 33(1), (3), (5) and (6) (guidance and protocols relating to information);

e

section 34 (regulations about the holding and handling of information);

f

section 35 (biometric material);

g

section 56 (designated persons and funding);

h

section 57(1) to (5) (interpretation of Part 4);

i

paragraphs 1 and 14 of Schedule 2 (operational powers of ICRIR officers), and section 6(4) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs;

j

paragraph 2(4) and (5) of Schedule 5 (prohibition of grant of immunity: sexual offences), and section 19(17) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs;

k

paragraphs 2 and 10 of Schedule 13 (amendments), and section 58(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs.