PART 2 N.I.ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS OF DISSOLVED BODIES
4—(1) The appropriate body shall make arrangements for—N.I.
(a)a statement of accounts to be prepared in relation to—
(i)each Health and Social Services Board,
(ii)the Central Services Agency,
(iii)the Mental Health Commission, and
(b)a report to be prepared on the activities of each such body,
for the relevant period.
(2) The statement of accounts and report shall—
(a)be in such form, and
(b)contain such information,
as the Department may determine.
(3) The appropriate body shall, within such time after the end of the relevant period as the Department may direct—
(a)send a copy of the statement of accounts and the report to the Department; and
(b)send a copy of the statement of accounts to the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(4) In this paragraph “the relevant period”, in relation to a body, means the period—
(a)beginning on such day as the Department may determine; and
(b)ending immediately before the date on which the body is dissolved.
(5) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall—
(a)examine and report on any statement of accounts received under sub-paragraph (3); and
(b)send a copy of the report to the Department.
(6) The Department shall lay before the Assembly—
(a)a copy of the statement of accounts;
(b)the Comptroller and Auditor General's report;
(c)the report mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b).
(7) In this paragraph—
“the appropriate body” means—
in relation to Health and Social Services Boards, the Regional Board;
in relation to the Central Services Agency, RBSO;
in relation to the Mental Health Commission, RQIA;
“the Comptroller and Auditor General” means the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.