Article 13 Procedure after inquiry

After the close of an inquiry, the appointed person shall make a report in writing to the Secretary of State which shall include his conclusions and his recommendations or his reasons for not making any recommendations.

If, after the close of an inquiry, the Secretary of State—

he shall not come to a decision without first notifying the persons entitled to appear at the inquiry who appeared at it of the difference and the reasons for it or the new evidence or matter of fact and affording to them an opportunity of making written representations to him within 21 days of the date of the notification.

If, after the close of an inquiry, the Secretary of State has taken into consideration any new evidence or new matter of fact as described in paragraph (2)(b) and is for that reason disposed to disagree with a recommendation made by the appointed person he shall give the persons entitled to appear at the inquiry who appeared at it the opportunity of asking within 21 days of the notification referred to in paragraph (2) for the re-opening of the inquiry.

The Secretary of State may, as he thinks fit, cause an inquiry to be re-opened to afford an opportunity for persons, including the Secretary of State, to be heard on such matters relating to the subject-matter of the inquiry as he may specify, and he shall do so if asked by the library authority pursuant to paragraph (3) and in the circumstances and within the period mentioned in that paragraph; and where an inquiry is re-opened—