Part 2: The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) Immunity from prosecution Section 24: Publication of personal statements
This section requires the Chief Commissioner to publish a personal statement provided under section 22 and makes related provision.
	Subsections (1) and (2) provide that where an eligible person provides a personal statement in accordance with section 23, and that person notifies the Chief Commissioner of their wish that the statement should be published, the Chief Commissioner must publish the statement.
	Under subsection (3), the duty to publish a personal statement does not apply if publication of it would breach the ICRIR’s duties under section 4(1) (safeguards relating to prejudice to national security, risk of harm to individuals, or prejudice to criminal proceedings) or under section 30(2) (restrictions on disclosure of certain information). The duty also does not apply if the Chief Commissioner considers publication would be contrary to the public interest. Where subsection (3) operates to prevent publication, subsection (4) requires the Chief Commissioner to produce an edited version of the personal statement which can be published instead, where this is possible. The edited version must not be published without the agreement of the person who provided the original personal statement (subsection (5)). Subsection (6) clarifies that the Chief Commissioner will not be in breach of his obligations under the section if an edited version of a personal statement is not published because the person who provided the original statement will not agree to publication in the edited form.
	Subsection (7) provides that the publication duties created by the section do not apply if, and for as long as, section 18(2) to (4) has the effect of suspending the duty to publish any related final report.
	Subsection (8) requires the Chief Commissioner to give the person who submitted the personal statement the reasons for any decision to publish an edited version of the statement instead of the original, or any decision to publish neither the original statement nor an edited version (because it is not possible to produce an edited version).
	Subsections (9) and (10) give meaning to certain terms used in this section.