Article 19 Evidence provided to the acknowledgement forum
The evidence given to the acknowledgement forum by any witness is to be treated as subject to an obligation of confidence owed separately by each member of the inquiry team to that witness.
The evidence given to the acknowledgement forum must not be disclosed—
in the proceedings of any other part of the inquiry unless the chairperson so orders; or
in any criminal or civil proceedings in Northern Ireland unless it is necessary to avoid a breach of convention rights (within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998)f1.
Where a witness gives evidence to the acknowledgement forum, the restrictions in paragraph (2) shall not prevent—
the witness separately giving all or any part of that evidence to any other part of the inquiry; or
the disclosure in any criminal or civil proceedings in Northern Ireland of the evidence referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
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