Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission Act 1997
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21 Final reports (1) On concluding an investigation, the commission must give the referring authority a final report containing— (a) particulars of the results of its investigations; and (b) for an industry reference—particulars of any comments submitted in relation to the draft report of the investigation pursuant to the invitation in section 18 (1), and of the commission’s response to those comments; and (c) for a price direction or price variation investigation— (i) a copy of the price direction; and (ii) a statement of the reasons for the direction; and (iii) a statement of the methodology used in determining the direction; and (iv) a statement to the effect that review of the decision by an industry panel (except for a price variation by consent) is available under part 4C (Review of price directions), subject to procedures explained in the statement; (d) the commission’s findings on any other matter required by the reference; and (e) any report by a commissioner dissenting from majority findings of the commission; and (f) any other matter arising from the investigation that the commission considers it desirable to include in the report. (2) If the referring authority is not a Minister, the commission must also give a copy of the final report to the responsible Minister.
Reports of investigations Part 4A