(4) If the formal investigation is not one required by the Chief Secretary for Administration, the Commission shall publish the report or make it available for inspection in accordance with subsection (5).
(5) Where under subsection (4) a report is to be made available for inspection, any person shall be entitled, on payment of a reasonable fee, if any, as may be determined by the Commission—
- (a) to inspect the report during ordinary office hours and take copies of the whole report or any part of it; or
- (b) to obtain from the Commission a copy, certified by the Commission to be correct, of the report.
(6) The Commission may, if it thinks fit, determine that the right conferred by subsection (5)(a) is exercisable in relation to a copy of the report, instead of, or in addition to, the original.
(7) The Commission shall give general notice of the place or places where, and the times when, the report or a copy of it may be inspected.
68. Restrictions on disclosure of information
(1) No information given to the Commission by any person (“the informant”) in connection with a formal investigation shall be disclosed by the Commission, any member of the Commission or a committee, any employee of the Commission, any conciliator, or any person who has been such a member, employee or conciliator, except—
- (a) on the order of any court;
- (b) with the informant’s consent;
- (c) in the form of a summary or other general statement published by the Commission which does not identify the informant or any other person to whom the information relates;
- (d) in a report of the investigation published by the Commission or made available for inspection under section 67(5);
- (e) to members of the Commission or a committee, employees of the Commission or conciliators or, so far as may be necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, to other persons; or
- (f) for the purpose of any civil proceedings under this Ordinance to which the Commission is a party, or any criminal proceedings.
(2) Any person who discloses information in contravention of subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4.
