Article 5 Core participants
The chairperson may designate a person, body, organisation or institution as a core participant at any time during the course of the inquiry, provided that person, body, organisation or institution consents to being so designated.
In deciding whether to designate a person, body, organisation or institution as a core participant, the chairperson must in particular consider whether—
the person, body, organisation or institution played, or may have played, a direct and significant role in relation to the matters to which the inquiry relates;
the person, body, organisation or institution has a significant interest in an important aspect of the matters to which the inquiry relates; or
the person, body, organisation or institution may be subject to explicit or significant criticism during the inquiry proceedings or in the report, or in any interim report.
A person, body, organisation or institution ceases to be a core participant on—
the date specified by the chairperson in writing; or
the end of the inquiry.