SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Disclosure and Barring Service
Accounts
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1
DBS must keep its accounts in such form as the Secretary of State decides.
2
DBS must prepare annual accounts in respect of each financial year in such form as the Secretary of State decides.
3
Before the end of the specified period following the end of each financial year to which the annual accounts relate DBS must send a copy of the accounts to the Secretary of State and the Comptroller and Auditor General.
4
The Comptroller and Auditor General must—
a
examine, certify and report on the annual accounts, and
b
send a copy of the certified accounts and of the report to the Secretary of State.
5
The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament each document received under sub-paragraph (4)(b).
6
The specified period is such period as the Secretary of State directs in writing.