Legislation – Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
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PART 2The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
The ICRIR, the Commissioners and ICRIR officers
6Operational powers of ICRIR officers
(1)
The Commissioner for Investigations is (by virtue of this section) designated as a person having the powers and privileges of a constable.
(2)
The Commissioner for Investigations may designate any other ICRIR officer as a person having the powers and privileges of a constable, if that Commissioner is satisfied that that ICRIR officer—
(a)
is capable of effectively exercising those powers and privileges;
(b)
has received adequate training in respect of the exercise of those powers and privileges; and
(c)
is otherwise a suitable person to exercise those powers and privileges.
(3)
The powers and privileges of a constable which the Commissioner for Investigations, or any other ICRIR officer, has by virtue of a designation under this section may be exercised for the purposes of, or in connection with, any function of the ICRIR except the function of producing the historical record.
(4)
Schedule 2 contains further provision about the operational powers of ICRIR officers.