# Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, Section 14: ... Commissioner's reports

Extent: S

(1) Subject to section 10 above, it is for the Commissioner to decide whether to report to the Commission on the outcome of any investigation.
(2) No report concluding that a councillor or a member of a devolved public body has contravened the councillors’ or, as the case may be, the members’ code shall be submitted to the Commission unless the councillor or member has been given a copy of the proposed report and an opportunity to make representations on the alleged contravention and on the proposed report.
(3) At the same time as the Commissioner gives a copy of a proposed report to a councillor or a member of a devolved public body for the purposes of subsection (2) above, the Commissioner shall give a further copy to the council or, as the case may be, the devolved public body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/7/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ethical-standards-in-public-life-etc-scotland-act-2000/section-14
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