31Annual report

31 Annual report

(1)  The Board is to prepare an annual report for each financial year.

(2)  The annual report is to include at least the following:

(a) a report on TMAG and the Board's activities and performance for the financial year, with particular reference to the TMAG objectives and the Board's stewardship function;

(b) the financial statements of the Board for the financial year;

(c) a copy of the Auditor-General's report on those financial statements, as prepared and provided under section 19 of the Audit Act 2008 ;

(d) the Board's business plan for the financial year (or a summary or particulars thereof);

(e) the Board's strategic plan for the period encompassing the financial year (or a summary or particulars thereof);

(f) the Ministerial statement of expectation for the financial year (or a summary or particulars thereof);

(g) particulars of any Ministerial directions issued in or in respect of the financial year and any actions taken by the Board in respect of those directions;

(h) any information that the Minister or Treasurer has, by notice to the Board, required to be put in the report.

(3)  The Board is to give the annual report to the Minister by no later than 31 October after the end of the financial year.

(4)  The Minister is to cause a copy of the annual report to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 10 sitting-days of that House after he or she receives the report.

(5)  Section 36 of the State Service Act 2000 does not apply in respect of the Board.