(1) Where an application for review is filed the secretary to the Review Commission shall, without delay, inform the credit bureau and, as the case may be, the Central Bank of that fact.
(2) The aggrieved credit bureau or as the case may be, the aggrieved data subject may cite a person whose interests are affected or are likely to be affected by the review proceedings as a party to the review proceedings; however that person shall not file a subsequent application for review on the same facts and grounds in respect of the same matter if the person is not cited as a party to the review proceedings.
(3) The Review Commission shall expeditiously consider every application for review submitted to it.
(4) In considering an application for review of a decision or the conduct of the Central Bank or a credit bureau, the Review Commission —
(a) shall consider the materials contained in the administrative record kept and maintained by the Central Bank or credit bureau, as the case may be;
(b) may not consider information or events that occurred after the date on which the action or decision which is the subject of the application was taken or made; and
(c) may by notice, in writing, require any person —
(i) to attend before it to give, under oath or on affirmation, evidence with respect to any matter related to the review;
(ii) to produce any records regarding the matter referred to in subparagraph (i); and
(iii) to present to it the arguments or submissions of the person in writing within such time as the Review Commission may specify in the notice.
(5) Where a person fails or refuses to comply with a notice under subsection (4)(c), the High Court may, on the application of the Review Commission, issue an order requiring the person to attend before the Review Commission in compliance with the notice.
(6) Where a person fails or refuses —
(a) to comply with an order issued under subsection (4);
(b) to answer questions before the Review Commission under the notice; or
(c) to produce any records referred to in the notice which are in the possession of the person,
the High Court may, on an application by the Review Commission, commit the person for contempt in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules or any other enactment.
(7) Nothing in this Part shall be construed as limiting the power of the Review Commission to apply conciliation, mediation or other alternative dispute resolution technique or process in the exercise of its powers, duties and functions under this Part.