27 United Kingdom inquiries
Inquiries Act 2005 (2005 c 12) | Legislation

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

27  United Kingdom inquiries

(1)     This section applies to an inquiry for which a United Kingdom Minister is responsible.

(2)     The Minister may not, without first consulting the relevant administration, include in the terms of reference anything that would require the inquiry—

(a)     to determine any fact that is wholly or primarily concerned with a Scottish matter or a Welsh matter;

(b)     to determine any fact that is wholly or primarily concerned with a matter which is, and was at the relevant time, a transferred Northern Ireland matter;

(c)     to make any recommendation that is wholly or primarily concerned with a Scottish matter,

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