# Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 11: Reports on investigations

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(1) The Commissioner must, at the conclusion of any investigation, prepare a report of the investigation.
(2) The report must contain any recommendations by the Commissioner arising out of the investigation.
(2A) In relation to any such recommendation, the report may include a requirement to respond.
(2B) A requirement to respond is a requirement that the service provider provides, within such period as the Commissioner reasonably requires, a statement in writing to the Commissioner setting out—
(a) what the service provider has done or proposes to do in response to the recommendation; or
(b) if the service provider does not intend to do anything in response to the recommendation, the reasons for that.
(3) A report of an investigation into the activities of a person named in, or identifiable from, the report may be finalised only if that person has, where this is reasonable and practicable, been given a copy of the draft report and an opportunity to make representations on it.
(4) The Commissioner must lay before the Parliament the report of a general investigation.
(5) The Commissioner may lay before the Parliament the report of an individual investigation.
(6) Where a report of an investigation includes a requirement to respond, the Commissioner must give a copy of the report to the service provider.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/17/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2003/section-11
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