Report procedure

After section 9E of the 2002 Act insert— Report procedure 9F 1 This section applies to a report under section 9E. 2 The Ombudsman must submit a draft of the report— a to the Lord Chancellor, and b if the complaint was a Commission complaint, to the Commission. 3 In finalising the report the Ombudsman— a must have regard to any proposal by the Lord Chancellor or the Commission for changes in the draft report; b must include in the report a statement of any such proposal not given effect to. 4 The report must be signed by the Ombudsman. 5 If the complaint was a Commission complaint the Ombudsman must send the report in duplicate to the Lord Chancellor and the Commission. 6 Otherwise the Ombudsman must send the report to the Lord Chancellor. 7 The Ombudsman must send a copy of the report to the complainant, but that copy must not include information— a which relates to an identified or identifiable individual other than the complainant, and b whose disclosure by the Ombudsman to the complainant would (apart from this subsection) be contrary to section 9I.