PART 3PARTICIPATION REQUESTS

Reporting

I132Annual reports

1

A public service authority must publish a participation request report for each reporting year.

2

A participation request report is a report setting out, in respect of the reporting year to which it relates—

a

the number of participation requests the authority received,

b

the number of such requests which the authority—

i

agreed to, and

ii

refused,

c

the number of such requests which resulted in changes to a public service provided by or on behalf of the authority, and

d

any action taken by the authority—

i

to promote the use of participation requests,

ii

to support a community participation body in the making of a participation request.

3

A participation request report is to be published under subsection (1) no later than 30 June following the end of the reporting year to which it relates.

4

In this section, “reporting year” means a period of one year beginning on 1 April.