Part 3The Supreme Court
Annual report
54Annual report
(1)
As soon as practicable after each financial year, the chief executive of the Supreme Court must prepare a report about the business of the Supreme Court during that year and give a copy of that report to the following persons—
(a)
the Lord Chancellor;
(b)
the First Minister in Scotland;
(c)
the First Minister and the deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland;
(d)
F1the First Minister for Wales.
(2)
The Lord Chancellor must lay a copy of any report of which a copy is given under subsection (1)(a) before each House of Parliament.
(3)
Each of the following is a “financial year” for the purposes of this section—
(a)
the period which begins with the date on which this section comes into force and ends with the following 31 March;
(b)
each successive period of 12 months.