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PART 22
Miscellaneous
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Annual report.
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221.—(1) (a) Not later than the 30th day of June in each year, every county council and city council shall each prepare and adopt a report (to be known as the annual report) in relation to the performance of its functions during the preceding year and shall as soon as may be furnish a copy of the annual report to each member of the county council or city council, as the case may be, and to such other persons as it may consider appropriate.
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(b) A draft of the annual report shall be submitted to the members of the county council or city council concerned not later than the 30th day of April in each year.
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(2) An annual report of a county council or city council shall include the following:
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(a) particulars of the policies, programmes, services and other activities undertaken by the county council or city council;
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(b) such particulars as are required by sections 48, 66, 75, 76, 134 and 228;
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(c) such particulars as may be required by a provision of any other enactment;
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(d) particulars in relation to any acts adopted or orders, byelaws, rules or other instruments made under statute by resolution of the members of the county council or city council during the year to which the annual report relates; and
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(e) such other particulars (including financial statements) as the county council or city council may determine or as may be directed by the Minister.
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(3) The adoption by a county council or city council of its annual report is a reserved function.
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(4) (a) Copies of the annual report of a county council or city council shall be made available—
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(i) at its principal offices during normal office hours for inspection or purchase by members of the public, and
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(ii) in public libraries within the county or city concerned.
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(b) The purchase price for the annual report of a county council or city council may be determined by the county council or city council concerned.
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(c) A county council or city council shall give public notice of the date from which an annual report will be so made available in accordance with paragraph (a).
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(5) (a) An annual report prepared by a county council may for the convenience of the public include information in relation to the performance of the functions of any town council situated within its county.
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(b) A town council may adopt an annual report or a report for such other period, as it may determine, in relation to the performance of its functions during such period.
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(c) Subsections (1) to (4) apply to any report referred to in paragraph (b) as if references to a county council or city council were references to a town council, and subject to such other modifications as may be necessary.
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