SCHEDULE 5Amendments of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 17)
3Annual reports
In section 10 (annual reports)—
a
at the end of subsection (1) there is inserted “during the reporting year”,
b
in subsection (2) for “the period covered by the report”, in both places where those words occur, and for “that period” there is substituted, in each case, “the reporting year”, and
c
after subsection (2) there is inserted—
3
The report must be laid before the Parliament within 7 months after the end of the reporting year.
4
In preparing the report, the Commissioner must comply with any direction given by the Parliamentary corporation as to the form and content of the report.
5
In this section “reporting year” means the year beginning on 1 April.