158Reports prepared by the Firefighters Registration Board

158 Reports prepared by the Firefighters Registration Board (1) The Firefighters Registration Board must prepare a report on the work and activities of the Firefighters Registration Board in respect of each financial year as soon as practicable after the end of the financial year. (2) The Firefighters Registration Board must give a report under subsection (1) to the Minister not later than 3 months after the end of the relevant financial year. (3) The Minister must cause a report under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament on or before 31 October each year or, if the House is not sitting on that day, on the first sitting day of that House after 31 October. (4) If a report under subsection (1) has not been given to the Minister within the period referred to in subsection (2), the Minister must— (a) cause that fact, and the reasons for it, to be reported to each House of the Parliament; and (b) cause the report under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the Minister receives it. (5) The Firefighters Registration Board may also prepare a report on the work and activities of the Firefighters Registration Board at any time, and must give the report to the Minister as soon as practicable. (6) The Minister must cause a report under subsection (5) to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable. S. 159 inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 85.