Constitutional Reform Act 2005

Annual report

54 Annual report

(1) As soon as practicable after each financial year, the chief executive of the Supreme Court must prepare a report about the business of the Supreme Court during that year and give a copy of that report to the following persons—

(a) the Lord Chancellor;

(b) the First Minister in Scotland;

(c) the First Minister and the deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland;

(d) the Assembly First Secretary in Wales.

(2) The Lord Chancellor must lay a copy of any report of which a copy is given under subsection (1)(a) before each House of Parliament.

(3) Each of the following is a “financial year” for the purposes of this section—

(a) the period which begins with the date on which this section comes into force and ends with the following 31 March;

(b) each successive period of 12 months.