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Inquiry into enforcing agency.
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41.—(1) If the Authority alleges that any enforcing agency has failed to fulfil any of its functions under any of the relevant statutory provisions, the Authority may, with the consent of the Minister (which said consent shall be given only after consultation with the Minister of the Government who has responsibility for an enforcing agency which allegedly has failed to perform its functions) direct that an investigation be held into the alleged failure to act.
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(2) The Authority shall appoint a competent person or persons to hold the investigation and to prepare and submit to it a report stating conclusions on the alleged failure of the enforcing agency to perform its functions.
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(3) The Authority may, with the consent of the Minister, cause the whole or any part of a report made by virtue of subsection (2)—
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(a) to be made available to the enforcing agency in question,
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(b) to be made public at such time and in such manner as it considers appropriate.
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(4) It shall be the duty of an enforcing agency to co-operate with a person carrying out an inquiry under this section.
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