{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-6/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/41",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Affected report to include statement of Secretary of State’s decision",
  "text": "(1) The affected report must include a statement that the Secretary of State decided to prohibit the proposed disclosure.\n(2) The statement must also set out any reasons for prohibiting the disclosure which the Secretary of State gives in accordance with paragraph 4(4).\n(3) In a case where—\n(a) the affected report includes a statement relating to the proposed disclosure in accordance with this paragraph,\n(b) an initial appeal is brought against the Secretary of State’s decision not to permit the proposed disclosure, and\n(c) the Secretary of State remakes the decision in accordance with a direction given by the court,\na new final report relating to the death or other Troubles-related circumstances must be produced in accordance with section 15.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 8 in force at 1.5.2024 by S.I. 2024/584, reg. 2(u) (with regs. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/schedule/6/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:56.215171+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."
}