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PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 7

Procedure in respect of investigations.

7.(1) Where the Commissioner proposes to conduct an investigation pursuant to
a complaint under this Act, he shall afford to

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

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

(2) Every such investigation shall be conducted in private, but except as
aforesaid the procedure for conducting an investigation shall be such as
the Commissioner considers appropriate in the circumstances of the case.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) the Commissioner may

(a)obtain information from such persons and in such manner, and make such
inquiries, as he thinks fit; and

(b)determine whether any person may be represented, by counsel or solicitor or
otherwise, in the investigation.

(4) The Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, pay to the person by whom the
complaint was made and to any other person who attends or furnishes
information for the purposes of an investigation under this Act

(a)sums in respect of expenses properly incurred by them;

(b)allowances by way of compensation for the loss of their time;

(5) The conduct of an investigation under this Act shall not affect any action
taken by the department or authority concerned, or any power or duty of that
department or authority to take further action with respect of any matters
subject to the investigation.

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