Legal Aid and Coroners‘ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014

Prospective

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4—(1) The Department must, as soon as practicable after the dissolution date—N.I.

(a)prepare a report on how the Commission has carried out its functions in the final period,

(b)lay a copy of the report before the Assembly, and

(c)once it has been laid, publish the report.

(2) The Department must, as soon as practicable after the dissolution date—

(a)prepare a statement of accounts for the Commission for the final period, and

(b)send a copy of the statement to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(3) The Comptroller and Auditor General must—

(a)examine, certify and report on the statement, and

(b)arrange for a copy of the statement and the report to be laid before the Assembly.

(4) In this paragraph “the final period” means the period—

(a)beginning with the end of the last financial year for which the Commission produced a report and accounts in accordance with paragraphs 15 and 17 of Schedule 1 to the 2003 Order; and

(b)ending immediately before the dissolution date.