{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/section-6.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/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Operational powers of ICRIR officers",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner for Investigations is (by virtue of this section) designated as a person having the powers and privileges of a constable.\n(2) The Commissioner for Investigations may designate any other ICRIR officer as a person having the powers and privileges of a constable, if that Commissioner is satisfied that that ICRIR officer—\n(a) is capable of effectively exercising those powers and privileges;\n(b) has received adequate training in respect of the exercise of those powers and privileges; and\n(c) is otherwise a suitable person to exercise those powers and privileges.\n(3) The powers and privileges of a constable which the Commissioner for Investigations, or any other ICRIR officer, has by virtue of a designation under this section may be exercised for the purposes of, or in connection with, any function of the ICRIR except the function of producing the historical record.\n(4) Schedule 2 contains further provision about the operational powers of ICRIR officers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 1.5.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2024/584, reg. 2(d) (with regs. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 6(4) in force at 1.12.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/1293, reg. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/section/6",
    "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."
}