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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Historical Institutional Abuse
Made
26th March 2020
The Executive Office, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33(2) of the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019(1), makes the following Order.
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020.
(2) In this Order "the Act" means the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019.
2. The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provision of the Act is the 27th March 2020–
(a)Part 1 (the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board); and
(b)Schedule 1 (the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board).
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force specified provisions of the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019.
Part 1 of the Act makes provision for the establishment of the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board; the entitlement to compensation; the determination of compensation; appeals and miscellaneous provisions.
Schedule 1 to the Act makes further provisions in relation to the administration of the Redress Board.