12.—(1) The chairperson must make arrangements for the report of the inquiry to be published.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the report of the inquiry must be published in full.
(3) The chairperson may withhold material from publication to such extent—
(a)as is required by any statutory provision, enforceable EU obligation or rule of law, or
(b)as the chairperson considers to be necessary in the public interest, having regard in particular to the matters mentioned in subsection (4).
(4) Those matters are—
(a)the extent to which withholding material might inhibit the allaying of public concern;
(b)any risk of harm or damage that could be avoided or reduced by withholding any material;
(c)any conditions as to confidentiality subject to which a person acquired information which that person has given to the inquiry.
(5) Subsection (4)(b) does not affect any obligation of a public authority that may arise under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(6) In this section—
“public authority” has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information Act 2000;
“report” includes an interim report.