(b)
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made it our business to become acquainted with
the individual members of the Office, and to
observe, without interfering, how they were
performing their duties.
Throughout the consultation period we carried
out spot checks of the way in which the Assessment
Office was implementing its procedures
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that
is, the processes of collecting the letters
and submissions from P.O. Box 9000, of registering,
translating, analysing and assessing them; and
finally of disposing of them with the required
safeguards for confidentiality.
(c)
We arranged to receive and scrutinise ourselves
all the letters, submissions, media reports
and articles received - as a basis for checking
the accuracy and the impartiality with which
the Assessment Office was making its daily analyses
and assessments.
(d)
We attended, as observers, the regular meetings
held twice a week by the Commissioner as a basis
for reviewing progress and considering the latest
batches of analytical assessments by the Assessment
Office.
When the Assessment Office came to prepare its report, we arranged to see drafts at the appropriate stage for
the purpose of raising any queries we wished and making
a timely start with the drafting of our own report.
10.
We discharged our witnessing function by attending