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6(1)The Chief Inspector must—N.I.
(a)keep proper accounts and proper financial records, and
(b)prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts.
(2)The statement of accounts must—
(a)contain such information, and
(b)be in such form,
as the [Department of Justice] directs.
(3)The Chief Inspector must send copies of the statement of accounts relating to a financial year to—
(a)the [Department of Justice], and
(b)the [Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland],
within such period after the end of the financial year as the [Department of Justice] directs.
(4)The [Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland] must—
(a)examine, certify and report on the statement of accounts, and
(b)lay a copy of the statement of accounts and of his report on it before [the Northern Ireland Assembly].
[(4A)Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(b) in relation to the laying of a copy of a statement or report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.]
(5)In this paragraph “financial year” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4.