Special interest reports
14.—(1) If in the course of an investigation a matter comes to the notice of the Commission which it considers should, in the public interest, be brought to the attention of—
(a)any of the persons or bodies to which paragraph (2) applies; and
(b)the public,
the Commission may make the matter the subject of an immediate report in addition to the report to be made at the conclusion of the investigation.
(2) The persons and bodies referred to in paragraph (1) are —
(a)any person or body which is the subject of the investigation;
(b)the National Assembly;
(c)in a case where a service provider is the subject of an investigation, the relevant Local Health Board.
(3) Copies of any report under paragraph (1) shall be sent to —
(a)any person or body which is the subject of the investigation;
(b)the National Assembly;
(c)in a case to which paragraph (2)(c) applies, the relevant Local Health Board; and
(d)any other NHS body or service provider or other person or body exercising statutory functions, to whom the Commission considers the report shall be copied.