21Report on progress towards section 4 objectives
(1)The Welsh Ministers must prepare a report under this section, in relation to each reporting period, setting out the Welsh Ministers’ assessment of the way in which, and the extent to which, the exercise by the Welsh Ministers of functions under this Act during the reporting period has contributed to achieving the objectives in section 4.
(2)The Welsh Ministers must, no later than 12 months after the end of each reporting period—
(a)publish the report under this section that relates to that reporting period, and
(b)lay it before Senedd Cymru.
(3)In this section, the “reporting period” means—
(a)in the case of the first reporting period, the period of two years beginning with the day on which section 5(1)(c) comes into force (for any purpose or area);
(b)in the case of subsequent reporting periods, successive periods of four years.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (1), functions under this Act do not include a function exercisable under section 48.