Part 1Victims and Witnesses Commissioner for Scotland
Miscellaneous
21Reports
(1)
The Commissioner may publish any report, in addition to reports under sections 14 and 18, prepared by the Commissioner if the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so.
(2)
The Commissioner—
(a)
must give a copy of a draft report to each criminal justice body not less than 5 days before publishing the report under subsection (1),
(b)
may lay any report published under subsection (1) before the Scottish Parliament, if the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so.
(3)
The Commissioner must ensure that, so far as reasonably practicable having regard to the subject matter, a report does not name or otherwise identify an individual who has—
(a)
given information to the Commissioner, and
(b)
not consented to being named in the report.