Paragraph 18

The Secretary of State shall, not later than eight months after the day on which this Schedule comes into force, prepare and send to the Comptroller and Auditor General an account showing the receipts into and payments out of the development fund in the period between the end of the financial year for which the last account under section 2(4) of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909 was prepared and the day on which this Schedule comes into force.

The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on the account sent to him under sub-paragraph (1) above and shall lay copies of the statement and of his report before each House of Parliament.