Part 2: Victims of Major Incidents Functions and powers of advocates: general Section 42: Publication of reports
This section clarifies how reports made by an advocate are published; what information can be omitted from these reports; and the obligation on the Secretary of State to lay reports before Parliament.
	The Secretary of State must publish any annual reports made by the standing advocate and any reports which they commission from the advocate. There are, however, some reports which could fall outside of the obligation to publish and these are discretionary reports made by an advocate. These reports will only be published if the advocate requests in writing that the report should be published.
	The Secretary of State can publish reports in a manner as they see fit under subsection (2), which could, for example, be on a Government website. The Secretary of State may omit material from a report before publishing under the criteria set out in subsection (3).
	The Secretary of State can omit material from a report to be published following a major incident where the Secretary of State considers that publication of that material would prejudice certain investigations, inquiries or inquests