SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18The Health and Social Care Information Centre

Reports

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1

As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, the Information Centre must prepare an annual report on how it has exercised its functions during the year.

2

The Information Centre must—

a

lay a copy of the report before Parliament, and

b

once it has done so, send a copy of it to the Secretary of State.

3

The Information Centre must provide the Secretary of State with such other reports and information relating to the exercise of the Centre's functions as the Secretary of State may require.

4

In this paragraph and paragraph 14 “financial year” means—

a

the period beginning on the day on which section 252 comes into force and ending on the following 31 March, and

b

each successive period of 12 months.