(1)Ministers must, in respect of each reporting year, prepare a report on the performance of their vetting, barring and disclosure functions during that year.
(2)Ministers must lay a copy of each such report before the Scottish Parliament as soon as practicable after the end of the reporting year to which it relates.
(3)A “reporting year” is—
(a)the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending on 31 March, and
(b)each successive year ending on that date.