Part 2The Chief Electoral Officer
9Annual reports
1
The Chief Electoral Officer must each year—
a
prepare a report on how he has discharged his functions in the year to which the report relates, and
b
send a copy of the report to the Secretary of State by such date as the Secretary of State directs.
2
The report must include an assessment of the extent to which the relevant registration objectives in Northern Ireland have been met in the year to which the report relates.
3
“The relevant registration objectives” has the meaning given by section 10ZB of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).
4
The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the report before each House of Parliament.