Part 8Inspections
Chapter 6Further provisions relating to functions of Chief Inspector
General provisions
152Combined reports
(1)
Nothing in any enactment prevents the Chief Inspector from—
(a)
combining in a single document two or more reports which are required to be made by him under any enactment or enactments, or
(b)
combining in a single document one or more such reports and one or more reports which are required to be made by one or more other persons under any enactment or enactments,
and (in either case) combining the substantive reports to such extent as he considers appropriate.
(2)
In this section such a document is referred to as a “combined report”.
(3)
Where a combined report is made, any reference in any enactment—
(a)
to the publication of a report, or
(b)
to the giving or making available to any person of a copy of a report,
is to be read, so far as necessary, as a reference to the publication of the combined report, or to the giving or making available to that person of a copy of the combined report.
(4)
The Chief Inspector may arrange for a combined report to be published in any manner he considers appropriate, but this subsection does not limit any duty as to publication imposed by any enactment.
(5)
The provisions of section 151 apply to a combined report (whether or not they would otherwise so apply).