Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1985 No. 114 DEFENCE (INQUIRY) REGULATIONS - REG 47

47. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), where the President of a Combined Board
of Inquiry is satisfied that all information relevant to the inquiry that it
is practicable to obtain has been obtained, the President shall prepare a
document, to be signed by each member of the Board, setting out-

   (a)  the findings of the Board; and

   (b)  if the Board is empowered to make recommendations-any recommendations
        arising from those findings that the Board thinks fit to make, to be
        the report of the Board.

(2) Where the members of a Combined Board of Inquiry cannot agree on a
document prepared under sub-regulation (1), each member of the Board shall
make a statement in writing, to be signed by that member, of-

   (a)  the findings made by that member; and

   (b)  if the Board is empowered to make recommendations-any recommendations
        arising from those findings that that member may think fit to make,
        and those statements shall constitute the report of the Board.

(3) A signed copy of the report of a Combined Board of Inquiry shall be
furnished to-

   (a)  the Minister; and

   (b)  the authority or to each authority, as the case may be, responsible
        for the armed forces of the participating country or for each of the
        participating countries.

(4) The Minister shall specify the manner in which a copy of the report of a
Combined Board of Inquiry is to be furnished to the authority or to each
authority responsible for the armed forces of the participating country or of
each participating country.

(5) Where a copy of a report of a Combined Board of Inquiry is furnished under
this regulation, it shall be accompanied by a copy of-

   (a)  the transcript or other record of any oral evidence taken; and

   (b)  any documents received by the Board and accepted as evidence, during
        the course of the inquiry.