Section 16B Death resulting directly from the Troubles: prohibition of new inquestF1
On and after the day on which section 44 of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 comes into force—
(a)
a coroner must not decide to hold an inquest into any death that resulted directly from the Troubles, and
(b)
the Attorney General or Advocate General for Northern Ireland must not give a direction under section 14 for the conduct of an inquest into any death that resulted directly from the Troubles.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 16A-16C inserted (1.5.2024) by Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (c. 41), ss. 44(1), 63(3) (with s. 61)