Section 54 Annual report

United Kingdom

(1)

As soon as practicable after each financial year, the chief executive of the Supreme Court must prepare a report about the business of the Supreme Court during that year and give a copy of that report to the following persons—

(a)

the Lord Chancellor;

(b)

the First Minister in Scotland;

(c)

the First Minister and the deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland;

(d)

F1the First Minister for Wales.

(2)

The Lord Chancellor must lay a copy of any report of which a copy is given under subsection (1)(a) before each House of Parliament.

(3)

Each of the following is a “financial year” for the purposes of this section—

(a)

the period which begins with the date on which this section comes into force and ends with the following 31 March;

(b)

each successive period of 12 months.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 54(1)(d) substituted (2.5.2007) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), arts. 1(2)(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 110(c)