European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements

PART 2 Functions of the IMA etc.

Reports following an inquiry

28 (1) Where a report under paragraph 27 includes recommendations to a relevant public authority, the authority must—

(a) have regard to the recommendations, and

(b) publish a response to the recommendations expeditiously and, in any event, within the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the IMA published its report.

(2) The authority’s response must explain—

(a) what, if anything, it proposes to do in response to each recommendation, and

(b) its reasons.