PART 2The Victim Surcharge Fund

Duty to prepare and publish reports8

1

The Scottish Ministers must prepare and publish a report on the administration of the Fund no later than—

a

31 July 2021, and

b

31 July in each subsequent year.

2

The report prepared and published under paragraph (1) must include the information contained in records kept in accordance with regulation 7 for the following periods—

a

in relation to the report published under paragraph (1)(a), the period beginning with the first payment made from the Fund and ending on 31 March 2021, and

b

in relation to reports published under paragraph (1)(b), the period of 12 months prior to 31 March each year.