Part VThe Broadcasting Standards Commission

Miscellaneous and general

125Annual reports

(1)As soon as possible after the end of every financial year the BSC shall prepare a report of their proceedings during that year, and transmit it to the Secretary of State who shall lay copies of it before each House of Parliament.

(2)The report shall include a report by the BSC on the matters specified in section 109(1).

(3)If the Secretary of State so directs, the report shall also include such further information relating to the BSC as he may specify in the direction.

(4)The report may also include a report on any issues of the kind referred to in section 126.

(5)The BSC shall send a copy of the report, together with a copy of the statement of accounts for the year and of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on that statement—

(a)to each broadcasting or regulatory body, and

(b)if so requested by any person providing a licensed service, to that person.

(6)In this section “licensed service” has the extended meaning given by section 116(6).