PART 4STANDARDS
CHAPTER 8STANDARDS INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS
Standards investigations
I162Power to carry out standards investigations
1
The Commissioner may carry out standards investigations.
2
But the Commissioner may not carry out a standards investigation unless he or she has given an exploration notice to each relevant person, at least 14 days before beginning the investigation.
3
An exploration notice is a notice in writing which—
a
states that the Commissioner is proposing to carry out a standards investigation, and
b
specifies the subject matter of the standards investigation.
4
In this section “relevant person” means—
a
in the case of a standards investigation relating to a particular person, that person;
b
in the case of a standards investigation relating to a group of persons, such persons—
i
who appear to the Commissioner to be members of the group, and
ii
to whom the Commissioner thinks it appropriate to give exploration notices.