Commissions of Investigation Act 2004

Dissolution of commissions.

43.—(1) Subject to an order under section 44 (1), a commission is dissolved on the submission of its final report to the specified Minister.

(2) Before the dissolution of a commission, the chairperson or, if the commission consists of only one member, the sole member shall deposit with the specified Minister all evidence received by and all documents created by or for the commission.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) and section 45 “documents created by or for the commission” includes—

(a) records of interviews conducted by persons appointed under section 8 by the chairperson of the commission or, if the commission consists of only one member, by the sole member,

(b) written reports to the commission prepared by those persons, and

(c) statements provided to the commission at the request of those persons in the performance of the function described in section 8 (7)(e).