Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023

Complaints and investigations report

42. (1) The regulator shall publish a report in respect of each financial year (the “complaints and investigations report”) specifying—

(a) the number of complaints received during the year,

(b) the number of investigations opened during the year, and

(c) the number of investigations closed during the year.

(2) In respect of each closed investigation the complaints and investigations report shall summarise (subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 67 )—

(a) the nature of the complaint,

(b) the outcome of the investigation, and

(c) any decision taken.

(3) The complaints and investigations report may be published as part of an annual report or separately.