Part 2: The Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse Section 23: The Advisory Panel
This section confers upon the Commissioner the duty to select and appoint an Advisory Panel consisting of individuals who are HIA victims and survivors.
	It will be the role of the Advisory Panel to enable consultation and discussion between the Commissioner and HIA victims and survivors; and enable HIA victims and survivors to give expression to diverse views and opinions regarding matters relevant to them. This is similar to the role of the Victims and Survivors Forum which assists the Commissioner for Victims and Survivors of the conflict (The Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006).