62Power to carry out standards investigations
(1)The Commissioner may carry out standards investigations.
(2)But the Commissioner may not carry out a standards investigation unless he or she has given an exploration notice to each relevant person, at least 14 days before beginning the investigation.
(3)An exploration notice is a notice in writing which—
(a)states that the Commissioner is proposing to carry out a standards investigation, and
(b)specifies the subject matter of the standards investigation.
(4)In this section “relevant person” means—
(a)in the case of a standards investigation relating to a particular person, that person;
(b)in the case of a standards investigation relating to a group of persons, such persons—
(i)who appear to the Commissioner to be members of the group, and
(ii)to whom the Commissioner thinks it appropriate to give exploration notices.