Part IIIS The Principal Reporter and the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Additional functions of the Principal ReporterS

130 Annual report of Principal Reporter.S

(1)The Principal Reporter shall—

(a)as soon as possible after the 31st March following upon the coming into force of this section make a report to the Administration on the exercise and performance to that date of—

(i)his functions under the 1968 Act and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975; and

(ii)such functions as it has delegated to him under this Act; and

(b)make similar reports as to each subsequent period of twelve months ending on 31st March as soon as possible after the end of that period.

(2)If the date on which this section comes into force falls on a day after 30th September and before 31st March, the first report by the Principal Reporter under this section shall be for the period ending with the next succeeding 31st March.

131 Delegation of Principal Reporter’s functions.S

(1)The Principal Reporter may delegate functions (other than that of making reports under section 130 of this Act) to other officers of the Administration.

(2)In performing any function delegated to him under subsection (1) above, an officer shall comply with any instructions or guidance given by the Principal Reporter.

(3)Any delegation made under subsection (1) above or instruction or guidance given for the purposes of subsection (2) above may be—

(a)to all officers, or to a class or classes of officer specified in the delegation, instruction or, as the case may be, guidance or to an individual officer so specified;

(b)of a general or specific character,

and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent delegation so made or a subsequent instruction or, as the case may be, subsequent guidance so given.