19(1)The HRA must keep accounts in such form as the Secretary of State may determine.
(2)The HRA must prepare annual accounts in respect of each financial year in such form as the Secretary of State may determine.
(3)The HRA must send copies of the annual accounts to—
(a)the Secretary of State, and
(b)the Comptroller and Auditor General,
within such period after the end of the financial year to which the accounts relate as the Secretary of State may determine.
(4)The Comptroller and Auditor General must—
(a)examine, certify and report on the annual accounts, and
(b)lay copies of them and the report on them before Parliament.
(5)In this paragraph and paragraph 20, “financial year” includes the period—
(a)beginning with the day on which the HRA is established, and
(b)ending with the following 31 March or, if the period ending with that date is 3 months or less, ending with the 31 March following that date.