Schedule 3: Protection for certain rights, safeguards etc in Belfast Agreement Section 78D - Power of Commissions to assist persons in legal proceedings
This section enables the NIHRC and ECNI to assist a person in proceedings, or proposed proceedings, in so far they relate to an alleged breach (or potential future breach) of Article 2(1) of the Protocol.
	Subsection (2) lays out the situations in which the NIHRC and ECNI can grant an application for assistance, namely where the proceedings in question raise a question of principle, where it would be unreasonable to expect a person to pursue the proceedings without assistance due to their complexity, because of the person’s position in relation to another person involved or for some other reason, or where there are other special circumstances which make it appropriate for the NIHRC or ECNI to provide assistance.
	Subsection (3) states that where the NIHRC or ECNI grants an application for assistance, it can provide or arrange for the provision of legal advice; arrange for the provision of legal representation; and provide any other assistance which it thinks is appropriate.
	Subsection (4) provides that arrangements made for the provision of assistance may include provision to recover expenses from the person in certain circumstances.