73Report on public inquiry

#### 73 Report on public inquiry Report and its contents (1) After conducting a public inquiry, the Integrity Commissioner must prepare a report on the inquiry. (2) The report must set out: (a) the Integrity Commissioner’s findings as a result of the public inquiry; and (b) the evidence and other material on which those findings are based; and (c) any action that the Integrity Commissioner has taken, or proposes to take, under Part 10 in relation to the inquiry; and (d) any recommendations that the Integrity Commissioner thinks fit to make and, if recommendations are made, the reasons for those recommendations. (3) The Integrity Commissioner must exclude section 149 certified information from the report. > Note: Under section 203, the report must be laid before each House of the Parliament. Section 149 certified information and sensitive information (4) The Integrity Commissioner may exclude information from the report if the Integrity Commissioner is satisfied that: (a) the information is sensitive information; and (b) it is desirable in the circumstances to exclude the information from the report. (5) In deciding whether to exclude information from the report prepared under subsection (4), the Integrity Commissioner must seek to achieve an appropriate balance between: (a) the public interest that would be served by including the information in the report; and (b) the prejudicial consequences that might result from including the information in the report. Supplementary report (6) If, under subsection (4) or (5), the Integrity Commissioner excludes information from a report prepared under subsection (1), the Integrity Commissioner must prepare a supplementary report that sets out: (a) the information; and (b) the reasons for excluding the information from the report prepared under subsection (1).