SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 Provisions With Respect to the Countryside Commission

Accounts and report

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1

The Commission shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, make to the Secretary of State a report on the discharge by them of their functions under the 1949 Act, the 1968 Act and this Act during that year.

2

Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1), but subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (3), the report of the Commission for any year shall include—

a

a statement of the action taken by the Commission to promote the enjoyment of the countryside by members of the public who are disabled; and

b

a record of all questions with which the Commission have been concerned during that year and which appear to the Commission to be of general public interest, indicating the purport of any representations or recommendations made by the Commission with respect thereto, and the conclusions (if any) reached thereon.

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The report of the Commission for any year shall set out any direction given by the Secretary of State during that year under section 3 of the 1949 Act unless the Secretary of State has notified to the Commission his opinion that it is against the interests of national security so to do.

4

The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of every report of the Commission under this paragraph before each House of Parliament.