ReportsS

11Reports on investigationsS

(1)The Commissioner must, at the conclusion of any investigation, [F1prepare] a report of the investigation.

(2)The report must contain any recommendations by the Commissioner arising out of the investigation.

[F2(2A)In relation to any such recommendation, the report may include a requirement to respond.

(2B)A requirement to respond is a requirement that the service provider provides, within such period as the Commissioner reasonably requires, a statement in writing to the Commissioner setting out—

(a)what the service provider has done or proposes to do in response to the recommendation; or

(b)if the service provider does not intend to do anything in response to the recommendation, the reasons for that.]

(3)A report of an investigation into the activities of a person named in, or identifiable from, the report may be [F3finalised] only if that person has, where this is reasonable and practicable, been given a copy of the draft report and an opportunity to make representations on it.

[F4(4)The Commissioner must lay before the Parliament the report of a general investigation.

(5)The Commissioner may lay before the Parliament the report of an individual investigation.]

[F5(6)Where a report of an investigation includes a requirement to respond, the Commissioner must give a copy of the report to the service provider.]