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SCHEDULE 8N.I. Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

6(1)The Chief Inspector 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 Chief Inspector must send copies of the statement of accounts relating to a financial year to—

(a)the [F1Department of Justice], and

(b)the [F2Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland],

within such period after the end of the financial year as the [F1Department of Justice] directs.

(4)The [F3Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland] must—

(a)examine, certify and report on the statement of accounts, and

(b)lay a copy of the statement of accounts and of his report on it before [F4the Northern Ireland Assembly].

[F5(4A)Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(b) in relation to the laying of a copy of a statement or report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.]

(5)In this paragraph “financial year” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4.

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