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.