PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969

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PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 10

Reports by Commissioner.

10.(1) In any case where the Commissioner conducts an investigation under
this Act or decides not to conduct such an investigation, he shall send to the
member of the House of Commons by whom the request for investigation was made
(or if he is no longer a member of the House of Commons, to such member of the
House of Commons as the Commissioner thinks appropriate) a report of the
results of the investigation or, as the case may be, a statement of his
reasons for not conducting an investigation.

(2) In any case where the Commissioner conducts an investigation under
this Act, he shall also send a report of the results of the investigation to

(a)the principal officer of the department or authority concerned;

(b)any other person who is alleged in the relevant complaint to have taken or
authorised the action complained of.

(3) If, after conducting an investigation under this Act, it appears to
the Commissioner that injustice has been caused to the person aggrieved in
consequence of maladministration and that the injustice has not been, or will
not be, remedied, he may, if he thinks fit, lay before each House of
Parliament a special report upon the case.

(4) The Commissioner shall annually lay before each House of Parliament a
general report on the performance of his functions under this Act and may from
time to time lay before each House of Parliament such other reports with
respect to those functions as he thinks fit.

(5) For the purposes of the law of defamation, any such publication as is
hereinafter mentioned shall be absolutely privileged, that is to say

(a)the publication of any matter by the Commissioner in making a report to
either House of Parliament for the purposes of this Act;

(b)the publication of any matter by a member of the House of Commons in
communicating with the Commissioner or his officers for those purposes or by
the Commissioner or his officers in communicating with such a member for those
purposes;

(c)the publication by such a member to the person by whom a complaint was made
under this Act of a report or statement sent to the member in respect of the
complaint in pursuance of subsection (1);

(d)the publication by the Commissioner to such a person as is mentioned in
subsection (2) of a report sent to that person in pursuance of that
subsection.

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PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 10