8(1)As soon as possible after the end of each financial year of the Commission, the Commission shall send to the Secretary of State [F1and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland] a report on the discharge of their functions during that year.E+W+N.I.
(2)Such a report may include an account of the working of the provisions of sections 9 to 25 and recommendations relating to any of those provisions.
(3)The Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament, and cause to be published, a copy of every report sent to him under sub-paragraph (1).
[F2(4)The Department of Justice shall lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly a copy of every report sent to the Department of Justice under sub-paragraph (1).
(5)Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) in relation to the laying of a copy of a report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 8(3)(a) (with arts. 28-31)
9(1)The Commission shall—E+W+N.I.
(a)keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts, and
(b)prepare a statement of accounts in respect of each financial year of the Commission.
(2)The statement of accounts shall contain such information and shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, direct.
(3)The Commission shall send a copy of the statement of accounts to the Secretary of State and to the Comptroller and Auditor General within such period after the end of the financial year to which the statement relates as the Secretary of State may direct.
(4)The Comptroller and Auditor General shall—
(a)examine, certify and report on the statement of accounts, and
(b)lay a copy of the statement of accounts and of his report before each House of Parliament.
10E+W+N.I.For the purposes of this Schedule the Commission’s financial year shall be the period of twelve months ending with 31st March; but the first financial year of the Commission shall be the period beginning with the date of establishment of the Commission and ending with the first 31st March which falls at least six months after that date.