[F1(1)]The Ministry shall cause to be prepared and laid before Parliament an annual report containing for the year to which it relates—
(a)particulars of the Ministry's proceedings under this Act; and
(b)so far as is practicable, a statistical account of the fisheries of Northern Ireland, arranged and classified under such different heads as appear to the Ministry to be most suited for the purpose; and
(c)particulars of the receipt and payment of any sums of money which the Ministry, under the provisions of this Act, receives or pays.
[F1(2)The report under subsection (1) may be made and laid before the Assembly as part of the yearly report required by section 26 of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899.]