Part 2: The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) The historical record of deaths Section 28: Production of the historical record
This section makes provision for a record of deaths that resulted from conduct forming part of the Troubles. The ICRIR has the function of producing the historical record (see section 2(5)(f)) and this section sets out how the body is to discharge that function.
	Subsection (1) states that the record must be a single document giving an account of the circumstances of all relevant deaths. These are deaths defined in subsection (8) as deaths that resulted from conduct forming part of the Troubles, except for those that have been the subject of reviews carried out by the ICRIR under section 13. Subsection (2) places a duty on the ICRIR to take all reasonable steps to identify all deaths caused by conduct forming part of the Troubles, and to identify and obtain information about relevant deaths which is publicly available, and any other information about such deaths which is likely to be useful for the purposes of producing the historical record. Subsection (7) provides that the ICRIR may in particular take into account cost when deciding whether it is reasonable to take a particular step for the purposes of subsection (2).
	Subsection (3) permits the ICRIR to contact people to ask for information in connection with the historical record, but subsection (4) prohibits the ICRIR from requesting information from certain people with a family or personal connection to the deceased person or the relevant events. This prohibition does not apply if the person is being asked in a professional capacity (subsection (5)).
	Subsection (6) provides that a person may provide information if requested to do so by the ICRIR under this section, but only if the provision of the information would not breach obligations of confidence or other legal restrictions on the disclosure of the information.