17Annual report

17 Annual report

[Section 17 Substituted by No. 42 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:04 Jul 2003]

(1)  The Board is to give the Minister a report on its operations for the financial year.

(2)  The report is to –

(a) be in a form approved by the Minister; and

(b) [Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 50 of 2008, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Jul 2010] incorporate the financial statements prepared for the relevant financial year under section 16(2) .

(3)  The Minister is to lay a copy of the report of the Board before each House of Parliament within 4 months after the end of the financial year to which the report relates.

(4)  If the Minister is unable to lay a copy of the report before a House of Parliament within the period specified in subsection (3) because either House of Parliament is not sitting at the expiration of that period or on that day, the Minister is to –

(a) forward a copy of the report to the Clerk of that House of Parliament immediately after the expiration of that period or that day; and

(b) lay a copy of the report before that House within the next 7 sitting-days of that House.