(1)Subject to section 10 above, it is for the [F2Commissioner] to decide whether to report to the Commission on the outcome of any investigation.
(2)No report concluding that a councillor or a member of a devolved public body has contravened the councillors’ or, as the case may be, the members’ code shall be submitted to the Commission unless the councillor or member has been given a copy of the proposed report and an opportunity to make representations on the alleged contravention and on the proposed report.
(3)At the same time as the [F2Commissioner] gives a copy of a proposed report to a councillor or a member of a devolved public body for the purposes of subsection (2) above, [F3the Commissioner] shall give a further copy to the council or, as the case may be, the devolved public body.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 14 title substituted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), ss. 2(5), 31(5), sch. 1 para. 9 (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)
F2Words in s. 14(1)(3) substituted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), ss. 2(5), 31(5), sch. 1 para. 2 (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)
F3Words in s. 14(3) substituted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), ss. 2(5), 31(5), sch. 1 para. 4 (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)