Annual report
8(1)It shall be the duty of the Board to make to the Secretary of State as soon as possible after the end of each accounting year, a report dealing with the operations of the Board during that year.
(2)It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to lay before each House of Parliament a copy of each report received by him under this paragraph.
(3)A copy of the register under section 1(8) above, as amended from time to time, shall be annexed to each such report.
(4)If a report laid before Parliament under sub-paragraph (2) above sets out a direction under section 7 above a copy of which has not been laid in accordance with subsection (3) of that section, a statement of the reason why the copy was not so laid shall be annexed to the report by the Secretary of State, and the said subsection (3) shall not apply to the direction.