Part 2: The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) Reviews of deaths and other harmful conduct Section 18: Reports: general provision
This section contains general provisions in relation to reports. Subsection (1) requires the Chief Commissioner to produce and issue a report under sections 15 to 17 as soon as is practicable after the review has been carried out.
	Subsections (2) to (4) make special provision for "excepted reviews". These are reviews which have resulted in a referral to prosecutors under section 25 (see subsection (3)). Subsection (2) provides that the duty under subsection (1) does not apply to producing under section 15 and giving and publishing under section 17(2) and (3), the final report on the findings of an excepted review, or publishing under section 17(6) the statement of the manner in which an excepted review was carried out. Instead, in such cases, the final report must not be produced and published (or the statement published) unless and until any related ongoing prosecution process has concluded (see subsection (4)).
	Subsection (5) provides that sections 16 and 17 and this section do not require the Chief Commissioner to (a) give a copy of a draft of the report, material which it is proposed to include in a final report, or a final report, to any person, or (b) to publish a final report, unless the Chief Commissioner can do so in accordance with sections 4(1) and 29(2).
	Subsection (6) points to paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 which makes provision about (a) other material that must be included in the report, and, (b) circumstances in which a new report must be produced.
	Subsection (7) applies paragraph 3(2)(d) and (e) of Schedule 5, which set out the circumstances in which a prosecution is to be treated as continuing, for the purposes of this section. Subsection (8) defines further terms used in the section.