PART 4STANDARDS

CHAPTER 8STANDARDS INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS

Standards reports

I164Standards report

1

After carrying out a standards investigation, the Commissioner must produce a standards report.

2

A standards report is a document that sets out—

a

the conclusions of the standards investigation, and

b

the Commissioner's reasons for reaching those conclusions.

3

If—

a

the conclusions of the investigation are (in whole or in part) that any standards should be specifically applicable to P, and

b

any or all of those standards are not specified by the Welsh Ministers under section 26(1),

the report must set out the standards that are not specified.

4

As soon as reasonably practicable after preparing a standards report, the Commissioner—

a

must send a copy of the report to—

i

each relevant person,

ii

the Advisory Panel,

iii

each person who participated in the Commissioner's consultation under section 63, and

iv

the Welsh Ministers, and

b

may send a copy of the report to any other person whom the Commissioner considers to have an interest in the report.

5

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 a copy of the report.