{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/section-53.json",
  "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": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Annual reports",
  "text": "(1) The designated persons must—\n(a) produce, for each reporting period, a report on the progress made in carrying out the Troubles-related work programme during the reporting period concerned (an “annual report”);\n(b) publish each annual report as soon as practicable after it is produced;\n(c) give a copy of each annual report to the Secretary of State at least two weeks before the report is published.\n(2) In this section “reporting period” means—\n(a) the initial period, and\n(b) each subsequent period of one year beginning immediately after the end of a reporting period.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 53 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 53 in force at 1.5.2024 by S.I. 2024/584, reg. 2(aa) (with regs. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/section/53",
    "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."
}