{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservation-of-documents-historical-institutions-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservation-of-documents-historical-institutions-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2022/26",
  "legislation_title": "Preservation of Documents (Historical Institutions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservation-of-documents-historical-institutions-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of “relevant document”",
  "text": "(1) A document is a relevant document if it satisfies the conditions in subsections (2) to (4), but this is subject to subsection (5) and such exceptions as may be prescribed.\n(2) The first condition is that the document contains relevant information.\n(3) The second condition is that the document was created by or on behalf of—\n(a) a relevant institution,\n(b) a person who was a resident of a relevant institution in the relevant period,\n(c) a person in communication with a relevant institution or with a person mentioned in paragraph (b),\n(d) a body with responsibility for the health, welfare or care of women or children,\n(e) a body involved in the removal, retention, storage, use or disposal of human tissue from deceased persons, or\n(f) such other person as may be prescribed.\n(4) The third condition is that the document is likely to be of interest to a person conducting an inquiry or investigation relating to the implementation of the recommendations made by the Truth Recovery Design Panel as set out in a statement to the Assembly made by the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly on 15th November 2021.\n(5) A document is not a relevant document if a copy of the document or the information it contains is generally available to the public.\n(6) In this section and in section 3, “the relevant period” means the period between 1922 and 1995 (both inclusive).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in operation at 13.5.2022, see s. 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/26/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:14.963830+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."
}