Paragraph 8
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
As soon as possible after the end of each financial year of the Commission, the Commission shall send to the Secretary of State F1and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland a report on the discharge of their functions during that year.
Such a report may include an account of the working of the provisions of sections 9 to 25 and recommendations relating to any of those provisions.
The Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament, and cause to be published, a copy of every report sent to him under sub-paragraph (1).
The Department of Justice shall lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly a copy of every report sent to the Department of Justice under sub-paragraph (1).
Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) in relation to the laying of a copy of a report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 8(3)(a) (with arts. 28-31)
- F2
Sch. 1 para. 8(4)(5) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 8(3)(b) (with arts. 28-31)