{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-commission-for-human-rights-act-2006/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-commission-for-human-rights-act-2006/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/16",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-commission-for-human-rights-act-2006",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Annual report",
  "text": "(1) The Commission must lay before the Parliament annually a general report on the exercise of its functions during the reporting year.\n(2) The report must, in particular, include—\n(a) a summary of any inquiries conducted by the Commission during the reporting year, and\n(b) a summary of any other activities undertaken by it during that year in pursuance of its general duty.\n(2A) The report must be laid before the Parliament within 7 months after the end of the reporting year.\n(3) In preparing a report under this section, the Commission must comply with any directions given by the Parliamentary corporation as to the form and content of the report.\n(4) In this section “ reporting year ” means the year beginning on 1 April.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(1) substituted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), s. 31(5), sch. 6 para. 2(a) (with s. 31(6), Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 15(2A) inserted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), s. 31(5), sch. 6 para. 2(b) (with s. 31(6), Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 15(4) inserted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), s. 31(5), sch. 6 para. 2(c) (with s. 31(6), Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/16/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:07.063821+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}