Part III Other functions of the Commission and the Council
The Council
57 Power of the Council to investigate other matters.
1
The Council may investigate—
a
any matter (not being a matter which it is under a duty to investigate under section 56) which it considers to be a matter relating to the interests of users of relevant postal services, and
b
any matter relating to the number and location of public post offices.
2
The Council may send a report on any matter investigated under this section to—
a
the Commission,
b
the Secretary of State,
F1c
the Office of Fair Trading,
d
any other public authority whose functions appear to the Council to be exercisable in relation to that matter.
3
Subject to subsection (4), the Council may also—
a
send a report on any such matter to any person who appears to the Council to have an interest in the matter, and
b
publish any such report in such manner as the Council considers appropriate.
4
So far as practicable the Council shall secure the exclusion from any report under subsection (3) of any matter relating to the affairs of a person if the Council considers that its inclusion would or might seriously and prejudicially affect the person’s interests.
5
Subsection (4) does not apply if the person concerned consents to inclusion of the matter in the report.