# The Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Rules (Northern Ireland) 2013, Article 5: Core participants


(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.
(2) In deciding whether to designate a person, body, organisation or institution as a core participant, the chairperson must in particular consider whether—
(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;
(b) the person, body, organisation or institution has a significant interest in an important aspect of the matters to which the inquiry relates; or
(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.
(3) A person, body, organisation or institution ceases to be a core participant on—
(a) the date specified by the chairperson in writing; or
(b) the end of the inquiry.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/171/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-into-historical-institutional-abuse-rules-northern-ireland-2013/article-5
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