56Opportunity to provide comment on report

56 Opportunity to provide comment on report

(1)  Before finalising any report for submission to the Board, the chief executive officer may, if he or she considers it appropriate, give a draft of the report to –

(a) the principal officer of the relevant public authority; and

(b) [Section 56 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 2011, s. 12, Applied:22 Dec 2011] the public officer who is the subject of the investigation; and

(c) any other person who in the chief executive officer's opinion has a special interest in the report.

(2)  A notice may be attached to a draft of a report specifying that the draft of the report is a confidential document.

(3)  A person referred to in subsection (1)(a) , (b) or (c) may give the chief executive officer written submissions or comments in relation to the draft of the report within such time and in such a manner as the chief executive officer directs.

(4)  The chief executive officer must include in his or her report prepared under section 57 any submissions or comments given to the chief executive officer under subsection (3) or a fair summary of those submissions or comments.

(5)  Section 98 applies to a notice under subsection (2) if the notice provides that the draft of the report is a confidential document.