18Preparation of report

18 Preparation of report

(1) Where the President of a General Court of Inquiry is satisfied that all information relevant to the inquiry that it is practicable to obtain has been obtained, the President shall prepare a document setting out: (a) the findings of the Court; and (b) any observations and recommendations arising from those findings that the President thinks fit to make; and, where the President constitutes the Court, the document shall constitute the report of the Court and shall be signed by the President. (2) Where a General Court of Inquiry is constituted by 2 or more persons the document referred to in subregulation (1) shall be furnished to the other member or members of the Court. (3) Where the member or members referred to in subregulation (2) agree on the document transmitted to them under that subregulation, the document shall constitute the report of the Court and shall be signed by both or all members of the Court, as the case may be. (4) Where the member or members referred to in subregulation (2) cannot agree on the document furnished under that subregulation, the member or each member, as the case may be, shall make a statement in writing, to be signed by the member who prepared it, of: (a) the findings made by that member; and (b) any observations and recommendations arising from those findings that that member thinks fit to make; and those statements shall constitute the report of the Court.

19 Role of assessors in relation to report