Part 1 Water Industry Commissioner and Customer Panels

5 Annual reports by, and information from, the Commissioner

(1)

The F1Commission must—

(a)

as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, submit to the Scottish Ministers, and publish, a report on the exercise of the F1Commission's functions during that year, and

(b)

provide the Scottish Ministers with such information regarding the exercise of those functions as they may require.

(2)

A report under subsection (1)(a) must include a summary of—

(a)

action taken by the F1Commission during the year to which the report relates in response F2to—

(i)

any representations made to it by a Customer Panel, and

(ii)

any recommendations made to it under section 2(4), and

(b)

where the F1Commission has decided during that year not to take any action in response to any such representation F3... or recommendation, the reasons for that decision.

(3)

A report under subsection (1)(a) must set out any directions under section 1 which have been given to the F1Commission during the period to which the report relates.

F4(4)

The Scottish Ministers must lay before the Parliament a copy of each report submitted to them under subsection (1)(a).