Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019

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Investigation reports

47. (1) An inspector appointed under section 46 (1) to carry out an investigation may, and if so directed by the Regulator shall, make interim reports to the Regulator and, on the conclusion of the investigation, shall submit an investigation report to the Regulator.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), an inspector may, at any time in the course of the investigation, without the necessity of making an interim report, inform the Regulator of matters coming to the inspector’s knowledge as a result of the investigation tending to show that an offence has been committed.

(3) The Regulator may, if it considers it appropriate—

(a) furnish a copy of an interim report or investigation report to the AHB that is the subject of the report,

(b) on request, furnish a copy of an interim report or investigation report to—

(i) any person whose conduct is referred to in the report,

(ii) the auditors of the AHB,

(iii) any other person (including a member of staff of the AHB) whose financial interests appear to the Regulator to be affected by the matters dealt with in the report, whether as a creditor of the AHB or otherwise,

(iv) the Central Bank, in any case in which the report relates, wholly or partly, to the affairs of the holder of a licence under section 9 of the Central Bank Act 1971 ,

(v) the Charities Regulatory Authority,

(vi) the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement,

(vii) the Revenue Commissioners, or

(viii) the Director of Public Prosecutions,

or

(c) cause an interim report or investigation report to be published in such manner as it considers appropriate.

(4) The Regulator may, where it considers it appropriate, direct that such part of an interim report or investigation report as is specified in the direction—

(a) be omitted from a copy furnished under subsection (3)(a) or (b)(i), (ii) or (iii), and

(b) not be published under subsection (3)(c).