Annual Reports
15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the Commissioner shall make an annual report to the First Minister which shall contain—
(a)a summary of the action taken in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions under the Act during the previous financial year including a summary of the reports issued during that period and of such representations as the Commissioner may have made during that period pursuant to section 75A of the Act, including any representations made as to the range or effectiveness of the Commissioner’s powers;
(b)a review of issues relevant to the rights and welfare of children in Wales; and
(c)a summary of the Commissioner’s work programme for the financial year in which the report is made and of the Commissioner’s proposals for a work programme for the financial year following that year.
(2) The Commissioner shall also produce a version of the annual report which is, so far as reasonably practicable, suitable for children.
(3) The first reports referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be made in 2002.
(4) Subject to paragraph (3), the Commissioner shall, no later than 1st October in each year, send a copy of the reports referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) to—
(a)The First Minister; and
(b)The libraries of the Assembly and of the Houses of Parliament.