Price Commission Act 1977

11 Examinations

(1) Subject to subsection (3) of the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the Commission to comply with a direction given to them in pursuance of subsection (1) of that section to examine and report on a question.

(2) A report in pursuance of the preceding subsection in consequence of an examination must include—

(a) a statement of the findings of fact made by the Commission, in the course of the examination, in connection with the question to which the report relates;

(b) an indication of any matters which the Commission consider are connected with that question and should be remedied;

(c) advice from the Commission with respect to any matter which, in the direction requiring the examination, is specified as a matter on which the Commission's advice is required; and

(d) a statement of the Commission's reasons for indicating the matters indicated in the report and giving the advice contained in the report in pursuance of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection;

but nothing in the preceding provisions of this subsection shall be construed as preventing the Commission from including in such a report any matter which the Commission are not required by virtue of those provisions to include in a report but consider should be included in it.

(3) Subsections (8) and (9) of section 6 of this Act shall apply to a report in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section as if for references to that section and subsection (5)(a) of that section there were substituted respectively references to this section and subsection (2)(a) of this section.