Part 5

Supplementary and general

Annual report
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1
Ministers must, in respect of each reporting year, prepare a report on the performance of their vetting, barring and disclosure functions during that year.
2
Ministers must lay a copy of each such report before the Scottish Parliament as soon as practicable after the end of the reporting year to which it relates.
3
A “reporting year” is—
a
the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending on 31 March, and
b
each successive year ending on that date.