Legislation – Crime and Courts Act 2013
SCHEDULE 2The framework document & annual report
Part 2The annual report
Duty to issue report
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(1)
As soon as possible after the end of each financial year, the Director General must issue a report on the exercise of the NCA functions during that year (the “annual report”).
(2)
The annual report relating to a financial year must include an assessment of the extent to which the annual plan for that year has been carried out.
Publication & distribution
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(1)
The Director General must—
(a)
arrange for the annual report to be published in the manner which the Director General considers appropriate, and
(b)
send a copy of the annual report to—
(i)
the strategic partners, and
(ii)
the Secretary of State.
(2)
The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the annual report before Parliament.
(3)
The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the annual report before the Scottish Parliament.
(4)
The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland must lay a copy of the annual report before the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(5)
Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.