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<Text>The Commission may investigate whether or not a person—</Text>
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<Text>has committed an unlawful act,</Text>
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<Text>has complied with a requirement imposed by an unlawful act notice under section 21, or</Text>
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<Text>has complied with an undertaking given under section 23.</Text>
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<Text>The Commission may conduct an investigation under subsection (1)(a) only if it suspects that the person concerned may have committed an unlawful act.</Text>
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<Text>A suspicion for the purposes of subsection (2) may (but need not) be based on the results of, or a matter arising during the course of, an inquiry under section 16.</Text>
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<Text>Before settling a report of an investigation recording a finding that a person has committed an unlawful act or has failed to comply with a requirement or undertaking the Commission shall—</Text>
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<Text>send a draft of the report to the person,</Text>
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<Text>specify a period of at least 28 days during which he may make written representations about the draft, and</Text>
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<Text>Schedule 2 makes supplemental provision about investigations.</Text>
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