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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-into-historical-institutional-abuse-rules-northern-ireland-2013/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Rules (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-into-historical-institutional-abuse-rules-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules—\n“the Act” means the Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Act (Northern Ireland) 2013;\n“acknowledgement forum” means that part of the inquiry described in the terms of reference as the Acknowledgement Forum;\n“applicant” in relation to an award means an applicant for the award and in respect of any time after a determination that the award should be made to him includes the person who submits a bill for any amount pursuant to that determination;\n“award” means an award under section 14 of the Act;\n“bill” means a claim for any amount in respect of expenses or compensation payable as part of an award;\n“core participant” means a person designated as such under rule 5;\n“counsel to the inquiry” means the qualified lawyer or lawyers appointed by the chairperson to act as counsel;\n“designated email address” means the email address notified by a person to a member of the inquiry team, in writing, as the email address to be used for email communication with that person;\n“designated fax number” means—\n(a) in the case of the inquiry, the fax number notified to witnesses (and their recognised legal representatives, if any) by the secretary to the inquiry, in whatever manner he sees fit, as the number to which faxes should be sent; and\n(b) in the case of any other person, the fax number or numbers notified by that person to a member of the inquiry team, in writing, as the number to be used for communication by fax with that person;\n“designated postal address” means—\n(a) in the case of the inquiry, the address notified to witnesses (and their recognised legal representative, if any) by the secretary to the inquiry, in whatever manner he sees fit, as the address to which correspondence should be addressed; and\n(b) in the case of any other person, the address notified by that person to a member of the inquiry team, in writing, as the address to be used for postal communications with that person;\n“inquiry record” means all documents that the chairperson of the inquiry determines should form the permanent record of the inquiry’s work;\n“inquiry team” means—\n(a) the inquiry panel;\n(b) the secretary to the inquiry;\n(c) the solicitor to the inquiry;\n(d) the counsel to the inquiry;\n(e) assessors; and\n(f) any other person engaged (whether as an employee or in any other capacity) to provide administrative, legal or managerial assistance to the inquiry or to assist in any investigations which the inquiry may conduct;\n“qualified lawyer” means—\n(a) a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales;\n(b) a solicitor or advocate in Scotland;\n(c) a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland; or\n(d) a solicitor or barrister in the Republic of Ireland;\n“recognised legal representative” means a person designated under rule 6 or 7;\n“secretary to the inquiry” means a person appointed by the chairperson to carry out (with the assistance of any deputies that may be appointed) the administration and management of the inquiry;\n“solicitor to the inquiry” means the qualified lawyer appointed by the chairperson to act as solicitor;\n“specified” means specified in a witness order;\n“warning letter” means a letter sent by the chairperson to a person during the course of the inquiry which contains a statement to the effect that it is a warning letter; and\n“witness” means any person to whom the inquiry panel has sent a written request for a written statement under rule 9(1).\n(2) Rules 9 to 16 and rule 20 do not apply in relation to the acknowledgement forum and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, references to the inquiry proceedings or the inquiry panel in those rules shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/171/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:21.953681+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."
}