(1)A person is subject to a requirement to respond to a recommendation in a report under section 10 if—
(a)the report states—
(i)that the recommendation is addressed to the person, and
(ii)the period within which the person’s response to the recommendation is required, and
(b)the Commissioner gives the person a copy of the report.
(2)A person complies with a requirement to respond to a recommendation by giving the Commissioner a written response to it before the end of the period within which the report states that the person’s response is required.
(3)A written response to a recommendation is a document setting out—
(a)what the person responding has done, or proposes to do, to give effect to the recommendation, and
(b)if the person does not intend to do anything to give effect to the recommendation (wholly or partly), the person’s reasons for that.
(4)The Commissioner may, in whatever manner the Commissioner considers appropriate—
(a)make publicly available (in full or in part) a person’s written response to a recommendation,
(b)publicise a person’s failure to comply with a requirement to respond to a recommendation.
Commencement Information
I1S. 11 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(2)
I2S. 11 in force at 1.5.2024 by S.S.I. 2024/110, reg. 2(1)