After the Supreme Court on Friday turned down the first of two applications by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) relating to the investigative report of the Integrity Commission (IC) into allegations of corruption in its operations, the entity says it will be appealing that decision while continuing with the second round of legal submissions come September.

The FLA, in applying for leave for judicial review of the IC’s investigative processes had made an initial application seeking to have the court release the full report which concerns alleged corruption, impropriety, and irregularities in the storage of firearms and ammunition and the award of firearm licences at the authority.

However, Supreme Court judge, Justice Tara Carr on Friday, after hearing legal arguments by the FLA urging the release of the document said the court determined that the report remains confidential under the provisions of the Integrity Commission Act until it is formally tabled in Parliament.