Industrial Development Act 1982

Reports and accounts

15Annual reports

(1)For each financial year the Secretary of State shall prepare a report on the discharge of his functions—

(a)under Parts I to III and sections 13 and 14 of this Act,

(b)under section 67(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and section 65(1) of the [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (industrial development certificates),

(c)under Part III of the [1972 c. 63.] Industry Act 1972 (including any functions in respect of guarantees given by him under section 7 of the [1967 c. 40.] Shipbuilding Industry Act 1967), and

(d)under the [1981 c. 13.] English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981,

and shall lay the report before Parliament not later than six months after the end of the financial year to which it relates.

(2)The Secretary of State may discharge his duty under this section in any year by making a report on his functions under Part I, Part II, Part III or sections 13 and 14 of this Act, or under the other enactments mentioned in subsection (1) above and one or more separate reports on the remaining functions.

(3)A report under this section relating to Part III of this Act or Part III of the Industry Act 1972 shall contain a statement showing the total amount of the liabilities of the Secretary of State (exclusive of any liability in respect of interest on a principal sum) under guarantees given by him under Part III of this Act or Part II of that Act or, as the case may be, under Part III of that Act (and in the latter case shall include liabilities under guarantees given under section 7 of the Shipbuilding Industry Act 1967).

(4)In the application of this section in relation to a financial year beginning before the commencement of this Act any reference in subsection (1) above to a provision of this Act shall include a reference to the enactment re-enacted in that provision.

16Secretary of State's accounts etc.

(1)In the light of the statements furnished to him under section 7(4) of the [1981 c. 13.] English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981, the Secretary of State shall, for each financial year, prepare a statement of accounts in such form as the Treasury may direct, showing the financial results for the financial year as respects—

(a)the activities of the Secretary of State in the execution of sections 13 and 14 of this Act and of the English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981, other than activities in respect of grants ; and

(b)the activities of the English Industrial Estates Corporation.

(2)The Secretary of State shall on or before 30th November in each year transmit to the Comptroller and Auditor General the statement of accounts prepared by the Secretary of State for the financial year last ended for examination and certification by him.

(3)Copies of every statement of accounts of the Secretary of State under this section, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon, shall be laid by the Secretary of State before Parliament.

(4)In the application of this section in relation to a financial year beginning before the commencement of this Act, any reference in subsection (1) above to a provision of this Act shall include a reference to the enactment re-enacted in that provision.