# The Court Files Privileged Access Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016, Article 3: Persons who may apply for court files


(1) An application for a court file held by the Office will be accepted from a person (an “applicant”) who, at the time of the application, is aged eighteen years or older and who meets any of the following eligibility criteria—
(a) a person who appears to the Department to be—
(i) a person who has sustained physical or psychological injury as a result of an incident which has been recorded in a court file;
(ii) a person who has been bereaved as a result of an incident which has been recorded in a court file; or
(iii) a person who has been seriously adversely affected, in a manner other than as described at (i) and (ii), as a result of an incident which has been recorded in a court file.
(b) a solicitor acting on behalf of a person who meets any of the eligibility criteria set out at rule 3(1)(a).
(c) an employee of a charity acting on behalf of a person who meets any of the eligibility criteria set out at rule 3(1)(a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/123/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-files-privileged-access-rules-northern-ireland-2016/article-3
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