Reports by Welsh Ministers on compliance with the general duty etc. by authorities
17.—(1) The Welsh Ministers must, in accordance with paragraph (2), publish reports that set out an overview of the progress made by authorities towards compliance by those authorities with the general duty.
(2) Reports under paragraph (1) must—
(a)be published—
(i)not later than 31 December 2014; and
(ii)subsequently at intervals not later than the end of each successive period of four years beginning with the date that the last report was published in accordance with this sub-paragraph; and
(b)be published—
(i)not later than 31 December 2016; and
(ii)subsequently at intervals not later than the end of each successive period of four years beginning with the date that the last report was published in accordance with this sub-paragraph.
(3) Reports under paragraph (1), other than the first reports in accordance with paragraph (2)(a)(i) and (b)(i), must cover the period since the date that the last report under paragraph (2)(b) was published.
(4) The Welsh Ministers must publish a report, not later than 31 December 2011, setting out—
(a)an overview of the progress made by authorities towards compliance by them with the general duty so far as it relates to persons who share the protected characteristic of disability; and
(b)information relating to the period 2 December 2008 to 5 April 2011 that the Welsh Ministers would have been required to include in a report under regulation 5 of the Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005(1) by virtue of regulation 5(2)(a) of those regulations if those regulations were in force.
(5) Reports under this regulation must also set out the Welsh Ministers' proposals for the coordination of action by authorities so as to bring about further progress towards compliance by those authorities with the general duty.
S.I. 2005/2966. By virtue of regulation 5(1) and (3) of and Schedule 2 to those Regulations the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) was a reporting authority for the purposes of regulation 5. That function was transferred, immediately after the end of the initial period, to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of the operation of paragraph 30(1) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). The “initial period” is defined in section 161(5) of the 2006 Act and “function” is defined in section 158(1) of that Act.