17A board shall, before such date in every year as the Minister may fix, send to the Minister a report of their proceedings during the preceding year, and shall at the same time send a copy of the report to the water authority and to the council of every county and London borough in which any part of the board's district is situated.
18Every such report shall be in such form and shall contain particulars with respect to such matters as the Minister may direct.
19The accounts of the income and expenditure of a board and of the officers of a board shall be made up in such manner and to such date in each year, and shall be audited by such persons and in such manner, as the Minister may from time to time direct.
20As soon as the accounts of a board have been audited, the board shall send a copy of them to the Minister and shall at the same time send a copy to the water authority and to the council of every county or London borough in which any part of the board's district is situated.
21A copy of the audited accounts of a board shall be kept at the office of the board and any person who is liable to pay drainage rates in the board's district shall be entitled, without payment, to inspect and take copies of, or extracts from, that copy.