Paragraph 11 Accounts and audit

United Kingdom

(1)

OFCOM shall—

(a)

keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts, and

(b)

prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts in such form as the Secretary of State may direct.

(2)

OFCOM shall, within such period after the end of the financial year to which it relates as the Secretary of State may direct, send copies of every statement prepared under sub-paragraph (1)(b) to—

(a)

the Secretary of State; and

(b)

the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(3)

The Comptroller and Auditor General shall—

(a)

examine, certify and report on every statement sent to him under sub-paragraph (2); F1...

(b)

lay a copy of the statement and of his report before each House of Parliament F2, and

(c)

send a copy of the statement and of his report to the Scottish Ministers F3 and the Welsh Ministers F4and the Minister for the Economy in Northern Ireland.

F5(4)

The Scottish Ministers shall lay a copy of the statement and report sent to them under sub-paragraph (3) before the Scottish Parliament.

F6(5)

The Welsh Ministers shall lay a copy of the statement and report sent to them under sub-paragraph (3) before the National Assembly for Wales.

F7(6)

The Minister for the Economy in Northern Ireland shall lay a copy of the statement and report sent to the Minister under sub-paragraph (3) before the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Sch. para. 11(3)(a) omitted (18.8.2016) by virtue of Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) , ss. 65(7)(a) , 72(4)(f) ; S.I. 2016/759 , reg. 2
F2: Sch. para. 11(3)(c) and word inserted (18.8.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) , ss. 65(7)(b) , 72(4)(f) ; S.I. 2016/759 , reg. 2
F3: Words in Sch. para. 11(3)(c) inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 68(7)(a), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(m)
F4: Words in Sch. para. 11(3)(c) inserted (29.10.2021) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 99(7)(a), 118(6); S.I. 2021/1170, reg. 2
F5: Sch. para. 11(4) inserted (18.8.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) , ss. 65(8) , 72(4)(f) ; S.I. 2016/759 , reg. 2
F6: Sch. para. 11(5) inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 68(7)(b), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(m)
F7: Sch. para. 11(6) inserted (29.10.2021) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 99(7)(b), 118(6); S.I. 2021/1170, reg. 2

Notes on Schedule

Modifications

C1: Sch. extended (Jersey) (with modifications) (29.12.2003) by Communications (Jersey) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3197), arts. 1(2), 5, Sch. 1
C2: Sch. extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (29.12.2003) by Communications (Isle of Man) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3198), arts. 1(2), 5, Sch. 1
C3: Sch. extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (29.12.2003) by Communications (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3195), arts. 1(2), 5, Sch. 1