19Annual report

19 Annual report

(1)  Within 3 months after the end of each financial year, the Commissioner must provide, to the Minister and the Secretary, a report on the performance of the powers, and the exercise of the functions, of the Commissioner during that financial year.

(2)  Before 30 November in each year, the Commissioner must cause a copy of the annual report for the preceding financial year to be laid before each House of Parliament.

(3)  If the Commissioner is unable to comply with subsection (2) for any reason other than that a House of Parliament is not sitting, the Commissioner must cause to be laid before each House of Parliament a statement specifying –

(a) the reasons for the failure to comply with that subsection; and

(b) an estimate of the day by which a copy of the annual report will be ready to be laid before each House of Parliament.

(4)  If the Commissioner is unable to comply with subsection (2) because a House of Parliament is not sitting, the Commissioner must –

(a) forward a copy of the annual report to the Clerk of that House; and

(b) within the next 7 sitting-days of that House, cause a copy of the annual report to be laid before that House.