European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020

Reports following an inquiry

27 (1) When the IMA has carried out an inquiry under paragraph 25, it must—

(a) prepare a written report of its conclusions, and

(b) include in the report any recommendations it considers appropriate to be made to a relevant public authority to promote the adequate and effective implementation or application of Part 2.

(2) The IMA must publish a report as soon as reasonably practicable after preparing it.

(3) Before publishing a report that contains material relating to border security or terrorism (including material about individual cases), the IMA must give the Secretary of State an opportunity to require the IMA to remove from the report any material which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, should not be published on the grounds that its publication—

(a) is undesirable for reasons of national security, or

(b) might jeopardise an individual’s safety.

(4) As soon as reasonably practicable after publishing a report, the IMA must send it to—

(a) the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Executive Office in Northern Ireland,

(b) any relevant public authority which was invited to make representations in relation to the inquiry,

(c) any relevant public authority to which a recommendation is made in the report, and

(d) any other relevant public authority the IMA considers appropriate.