6(1)The Commission must—N.I.
(a)keep proper accounts and proper financial records, and
(b)prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts.
(2)The statement of accounts must—
(a)contain such information, and
(b)be in such form,
as the [F1Department of Justice] directs.
(3)The Commission must send copies of the statement of accounts relating to a financial year to—
(a)the [F1Department of Justice], F2...
F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
within such period after the end of the financial year as the [F1Department of Justice] directs.
F3(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(4A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)In this paragraph “financial year” means—
(a)the period beginning with the day on which section 50 comes into force and ending with the first 31st March which falls at least six months after that day, and
(b)each subsequent period of twelve months beginning with 1st April.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 9 para. 6(2)(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 25(6)(a) (with arts. 28-31, Sch. 13 para. 27)
F2Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(b) and word repealed (5.5.2011) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 102(a), 111(1), Sch. 8 Pt. 5 (with Sch. 6 para. 9)
F3Sch. 9 para. 6(4)(4A) repealed (5.5.2011) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 102(b), 111(1), Sch. 8 Pt. 5 (with Sch. 6 para. 9)