# Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019, Paragraph 3


(1) The Executive Office must in writing designate a Northern Ireland Department to exercise the administrative functions of the Board on the Board's behalf.
(2) The designated Department (whether in its own capacity or in the capacity of an agency of that Department) is, accordingly, to exercise the administrative functions of the Board on the Board's behalf; and references in this Schedule to “the Department” are references to the designated Department.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/31/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/historical-institutional-abuse-northern-ireland-act-2019/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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