Article 9 Alcohol Education and Research Council

Section 10 of the Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research) Act 1981^f1 (accounts and audit of the Alcohol Education and Research Council, etc.) is amended as follows.

After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

A duty imposed on the Council by subsection (1)(c) or (d) does not apply in respect of—

(a)

a financial year ending on or after 31st March 2005, or

(b)

accounts, or a statement of accounts, relating to such a financial year.”.

After subsection (2)^f2 insert—

“(3)

The Council shall send a copy of the statement of accounts prepared by them under subsection (1)(b) in respect of each financial year ending on or after 31st March 2005 to the Comptroller and Auditor General as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the financial year to which the statement relates.

(4)

The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on each statement of accounts sent to him by the Council under subsection (3) and shall lay a copy of the statement and his report on it before each House of Parliament.”.