Cap. 568 чл. 6Powers of the Office and limitation thereon.

(1) The Office may give such directions to inspectorates as are necessary to achieve its aims and objectives under article 5 and, notwithstanding any other law, it shall be the duty of officers of inspectorates and those responsible for them to carry out those directions.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-article (1), the Office may:

(a) give directions to inspectorates concerning the conduct of joint inspections, the pooling of resources, and the sharing of data;

(b) issue binding standards governing the conduct of inspections and the adoption of practices and methodologies relating to inspections;

(c) establish and maintain common databases and other repositories of information; and

(d) establish advisory and consultative fora including such representatives of inspectorates and other persons as the Office may consider necessary, and convene meetings thereof.

(3) The Office may require any inspectorate or member of staff thereof to provide it with any information that the Office considers necessary for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the provisions of this Act, any regulations issued thereunder, and any directions or standards issued by the Office.

(4) The Office may not give directions to any inspectorate or member of staff thereof concerning the results of an inspection or the conclusions to be drawn from it, except in so far as may be necessary for corrective purposes if that inspection is carried out in contravention of the directions or standards issued by the Office.