Part 2: The Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse Section 22: Principal aim of the Commissioner
This section deals with the principal aim of the Commissioner in exercising their functions. It confers upon the Commissioner the duty to promote the interests of any persons who were abused as children (persons under 18 years old) in residential institutions in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1995 (inclusive). These persons are referred to in the Act as 'victims and survivors'.