The Commissioner must, at the conclusion of an investigation, publish a report of the investigation.

The report may include a requirement for the criminal justice body to respond to the report, within such period as the Commissioner reasonably requires, with a statement in writing addressed to the Commissioner setting out its reasoned response to the report.

A report of an investigation must not be published until the criminal justice body which was the subject of the investigation has, to the extent that it is reasonable and practicable to do so, been given a copy of the draft report and an opportunity to make representations on it.

The Commissioner must lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable following its publication.