7.—(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, the Commissioner must make a report to the Secretary of State on the carrying out of the Commissioner’s functions during that year.
(2) The Secretary of State may also, at any time, require the Commissioner to make a report on the carrying out of the Commissioner’s functions.
(3) The Commissioner may, from time to time, make such other reports to the Secretary of State as the Commissioner considers appropriate for drawing the Secretary of State’s attention to matters which—
(a)have come to the Commissioner’s notice; and
(b)are matters which the Commissioner considers should be drawn to the attention of the Secretary of State by reason of their gravity or other exceptional circumstances.
(4) The Commissioner must prepare such reports containing advice and recommendations as the Commissioner thinks appropriate for the purpose of carrying out the Commissioner’s function under regulation 3(1)(e).
(5) Where the Secretary of State receives any report under this regulation, the Secretary of State must—
(a)in the case of every annual report under paragraph (1); and
(b)in the case of any other report, if and to the extent that the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so,
lay a copy of the report before Parliament and cause the report to be published.
(6) The Commissioner must send a copy of every annual report under paragraph (1) to the Defence Council and the Boards.
(7) The Commissioner must send a copy of every report under paragraph (3)—
(a)to the Defence Council or the Board that appears to the Commissioner to be concerned; and
(b)to the Provost Marshal that appears to the Commissioner to be concerned.
(8) The Commissioner must send a copy of every report under paragraph (4) to—
(a)the Secretary of State;
(b)the Defence Council;
(c)the Boards;
(d)the Provost Marshals.
(9) The Commissioner must send a copy of every report made or prepared by the Commissioner under paragraph (3) or (4) to such of the persons (in addition to those specified in the preceding paragraphs) who—
(a)are referred to in the report; or
(b)appear to the Commissioner otherwise to have a particular interest in its contents,
as the Commissioner thinks fit.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 7 in force at 19.6.2023, see reg. 1(1)