(1)As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, the Authority must—
(a)prepare; and
(b)publish in such manner as it considers appropriate,
a report on the carrying out of the Authority’s functions during the year (the “annual report”).
(2)The annual report must include an assessment of the extent to which the annual plan has been implemented.
(3)If after publication of the annual plan the Authority modifies, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 5, the objectives determined under that section, the Authority must include in the annual report—
(a)a statement of the modified objectives; and
(b)an assessment of the extent to which those modified objectives have been implemented.
(4)The Authority must send a copy of the annual report to the Scottish Ministers and to each of the persons mentioned in section 6(7)(a) to (c).
(5)The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of any report sent to them by virtue of subsection (4) before the Scottish Parliament.
(6)In this section, references, in relation to the annual report, to the annual plan are to the annual plan published by virtue of section 6 for the year to which the annual report relates.