# Inquiries Act 2005, Section 2: No determination of liability

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) An inquiry panel is not to rule on, and has no power to determine, any person's civil or criminal liability.
(2) But an inquiry panel is not to be inhibited in the discharge of its functions by any likelihood of liability being inferred from facts that it determines or recommendations that it makes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/12/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005/section-2
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