8. The person appointed shall, at the conclusion of the inquiry or as soon as possible thereafter, announce his decision in public and make a report on the case to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 52(4)(c) of the Act of 1970. Each assessor shall either sign the report with or without reservations, or state in writing his dissent therefrom and his reasons for such dissent, and such reservations or dissent and reasons (if any) shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State with the report. The Secretary of State shall inform the officer concerned, in writing, of the decision of the person appointed if the officer was not in court when that decision was announced and make a copy of the report available to him. A copy of the report shall be made available to any party to the inquiry upon request to the Secretary of State.