PART 6Initiation and conduct of an investigation
CHAPTER 3Conduct of an investigation
Essential facts and disclosureI162
1
Before making a final affirmative or final negative determination for the purpose of paragraph 11(5) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the TRA must—
a
publish a statement (a “statement of essential facts”) which sets out—
i
the final determination that it intends to make (“intended final determination”);
ii
a summary of the facts considered by the TRA during the investigation;
iii
those facts referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) that formed the basis of the intended final determination; and
b
inform interested parties who have supplied information that has been considered by the TRA—
i
how it has used the information supplied by that party in making the intended final determination; and
ii
of the details of the TRA's analysis forming the basis of the intended final determination.
2
The TRA must specify in the statement of essential facts a period during which it will consider comments on that statement from interested parties, contributors or any other person who has supplied information to it.