{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historical-institutional-abuse-northern-ireland-act-2019/section-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/31",
  "legislation_title": "Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historical-institutional-abuse-northern-ireland-act-2019",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the Board” means the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board;\n“child” means a person aged under 18, subject to section 6(8);\n“the Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse;\n“the Executive Office” means the Executive Office in Northern Ireland;\n“information” includes information recorded in any form;\n“institution” has the meaning given in section 2(3) and (4);\n“interests” includes rights;\n“victims and survivors” has the meaning given in section 22(2).\n(2) A reference in this Act to having suffered abuse is to be construed in accordance with section 2(2) and (7).\n(3) A reference in this Act to being resident in an institution is to be construed in accordance with section 2(5) and (6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/31/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:02:24.431281+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}