(1) A committee established under section 5(1A) shall, as soon as may be after its establishment, give public notice of its intention to make a report relating to the constituencies for the election of members of the European Parliament.
(2) The public notice referred to in subsection (1) shall indicate that -
(a) any person may make a submission to the committee in such manner and within such period (which shall be not less than one month after the date of the giving of the notice) as shall be specified in the notice, and
(b) submissions received by the committee in the manner and within the period specified in the notice shall be made available free of charge by the committee, to any person wishing to examine them, in such manner and within such period as shall be specified in the notice.
(3) Any submissions received by the committee under this section shall be made available free of charge by the committee, to any person wishing to examine them, in accordance with a public noti