PART 6FREEDOM TO USE WELSH
I1118Reports
1
This section applies in any case where an application is made under section 111.
2
The Commissioner may produce, and give the Welsh Ministers, a report on—
a
the application, and
b
the action taken by the Commissioner in response to the application.
3
The Commissioner must give copies of any such report to P and D.
4
The Commissioner may publish—
a
a report given to the Welsh Ministers under subsection (2),
b
a version of such a report, or
c
another document that relates (whether wholly or partly) to the subject matter of such a report,
(a “public document”), but only if the following conditions are met.
5
The first condition is that the Commissioner—
a
notifies P and D of the intention to publish a public document, and
b
so far as it is practicable, gives P, D, or any other person the Commissioner considers appropriate, the opportunity to provide the Commissioner with views about publication of a public document.
6
The second condition is that—
a
P and D agree to the publication of a public document, or
b
the Commissioner considers that it is in the public interest to publish a public document.
7
In considering whether it is in the public interest to publish a public document, the Commissioner must take account of, amongst other things—
a
the interests of P and D, and
b
the interests of any other persons which the Commissioner thinks it is appropriate to take account of.
8
In relation to any application in which the Commissioner determines that D has not interfered with P's freedom to undertake a Welsh communication, a public document must not identify D.