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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-into-historical-institutional-abuse-rules-northern-ireland-2013/article-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Rules (Northern Ireland) 2013",
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  "path": "article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Core participants",
  "text": "(1) 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.\n(2) In deciding whether to designate a person, body, organisation or institution as a core participant, the chairperson must in particular consider whether—\n(a) 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;\n(b) the person, body, organisation or institution has a significant interest in an important aspect of the matters to which the inquiry relates; or\n(c) 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.\n(3) A person, body, organisation or institution ceases to be a core participant on—\n(a) the date specified by the chairperson in writing; or\n(b) the end of the inquiry.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/171/article/5",
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  "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."
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