Crown Agents Act 1979

24 (1) If the prescribed day is not the 1st January, the accounting year then current shall, in relation to the Board, be deemed to have ended with the day before the prescribed day.

(2) As soon as the Minister is satisfied that the requirements of the following provisions, namely—

(a) section 11 in its application to the Board; and

(b) paragraph 20, including the provisions of section 22(1) to (4) as thereby applied,

have been complied with on the part of the Board in respect of accounting years down to and including the one ending immediately before the prescribed day, he shall by order dissolve the Board ; and thereupon any further liabilities incurred by the Board on or after the prescribed day in complying with the said provisions or otherwise shall become liabilities of the Minister.

(3) In relation to any statement of accounts relating to the accounting year ending immediately before the prescribed day, paragraph 20(3) shall have effect with the omission of the words from "not later" (where first occurring) to " relates " and of the words from " not later " (where last occurring) onwards.