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(1)Qualifications Scotland must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year—
(a)prepare and publish a report on its activities during that year, and
(b)send a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers.
(2)The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament.
(3)A report under subsection (1) must include a statement of what Qualifications Scotland has done during that year to satisfy—
(a)the requirements of section 7,
(b)the expectations set out in its charters.
(4)Where Qualifications Scotland has failed to satisfy any expectation set out in its charters during that year, a report under subsection (1) must set out—
(a)any failures,
(b)the reasons for those failures,
(c)the steps that Qualifications Scotland has taken, or intends to take, to remedy those failures.
(5)Despite subsection (1)(a), a report under that subsection need not include details of the activities of Qualifications Scotland that are carried out by its Accreditation Committee (but see section 25).
(6)It is otherwise for Qualifications Scotland to determine the form and content of each report.
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I1S. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 66(2)
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