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Publication of reports of tribunals.
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3.—(1) If, on receipt by the person to whom a tribunal is required, by the instrument by which it is appointed or any instrument amending it, to report of an interim or the final report of the tribunal, that person considers that the publication of the report might prejudice any criminal proceedings, that person may apply to the Court for directions regarding the publication of the report.
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(2) Before the Court determines an application under subsection (1), it shall direct that notice of it be given to—
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(a) the Attorney General,
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(b) the Director of Public Prosecutions, and
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(c) a person who is a defendant in criminal proceedings relating to an act or omission that—
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(i) is described or mentioned in the report concerned, or
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(ii) is related to any matter into which the tribunal concerned inquired and which is so described or mentioned,
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and the Court may receive submissions, and evidence tendered, by or on behalf of any such person.
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(3) On an application under subsection (1) the Court may, if it considers that the publication of the report concerned might prejudice any criminal proceedings, direct that the report or a specified part of it be not published—
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(a) for a specified period, or
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(b) until the Court otherwise directs.
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(4) An application under subsection (1) may be heard otherwise than in public if the Court considers that it is appropriate to do so.
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