6(1)The Secretary of State shall not later than eight months after the date on which this Act is passed prepare and send to the Comptroller and Auditor General a statement of accounts relating to the Commission in respect of the period between the end of the accounting year for which the last statement of accounts under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Employment and Training Act 1973 was prepared and the date on which this Act is passed.E+W+S
(2)The statement of accounts prepared under sub-paragraph (1) shall be in such form as the Treasury may approve.
(3)The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on the statement sent to him under sub-paragraph (1) and shall lay copies of the statement and of his report before each House of Parliament.