Part 5Supplementary and general

I185Annual report

1

Ministers must, in respect of each reporting year, prepare a report on the performance of their vetting, barring and disclosure functions during that year.

2

Ministers must lay a copy of each such report before the Scottish Parliament as soon as practicable after the end of the reporting year to which it relates.

3

A reporting year is—

a

the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending on 31 March, and

b

each successive year ending on that date.