Criminal Justice (Location of Victims' Remains) Act, 1999

Amendment of section 24 of Freedom of Information Act, 1997.

9.— Section 24 of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 , is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the deletion in paragraph (c) of “or”,

(ii) by the substitution in paragraph (d) for “Northern Ireland” of “Northern Ireland, or”, and

(iii) by the insertion after paragraph (d) of the following paragraph:

“(e) matters relating to the functions of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (within the meaning of the Criminal Justice (Location of Victims' Remains) Act, 1999).”,

and

(b) in subsection (2)(a)(ii) by the insertion—

(i) in clause (II), after “1939),” of “or”, and

(ii) after clause (II) of the following clause—

“(III) the functions of the Commission referred to in subsection (1)(e),”.