A public body must prepare, in respect of each financial year, a report of what it has done to comply with the duty imposed under section 16.

The report must be agreed with the public body’s recognised trade unions or (where there is no recognised trade union) other representatives of its staff, or contain a statement explaining why it was not agreed.

The public body must publish the report, and submit it to the SPC, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the financial year.