Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005

33 Reports on inquiries

(1) OSCR must prepare a report of the subject matter of inquiries made under section 28 if—

(a) as a result of the inquiries it—

(i) gives a direction, or removes a charity from the Register, under section 30,

(ii) suspends a person under subsection (4) of section 31, or

(iii) gives a direction under any of subsections (5) to (9) of that section, or

(b) in any other case, it is requested to do so by the person in respect of whom the inquiries were made and it has not previously prepared a report of the subject matter of those inquiries under this subsection or subsection (2).

(2) OSCR may prepare a report of the subject matter of any other inquiries under section 28.

(3) A report prepared under this section may relate to two or more inquiries.

(4) Apart from identifying the person in respect of whom inquiries were made, a report under this section must not—

(a) mention the name of any person, or

(b) contain any particulars which, in OSCR’s opinion—

(i) are likely to identify any person, and

(ii) can be omitted without impairing the effectiveness of the report,

unless OSCR considers it is necessary to do so.

(5) OSCR must—

(a) send a copy of a report prepared under subsection (1) to the person in respect of whom the inquiries were made, and

(b) publish a report prepared under this section or such other statement of the result of inquiries made under section 28 as OSCR thinks fit in such manner as OSCR thinks fit.