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Accounts and audit.
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21.—(1) The Supervisory Authority shall keep records of, and prepare all proper and usual accounts of—
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(a) all income received by it, including the sources,
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(b) all expenditure incurred by it, and
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(c) its assets and liabilities.
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(2) Not later than 3 months after the end of the financial year to which the accounts relate, the Supervisory Authority shall submit the accounts prepared under this section to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit.
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(3) After the audit, the Comptroller and Auditor General shall present to the Minister the audited accounts together with the Comptroller and Auditor General's report.
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(4) The Minister shall ensure that, as soon as possible after the audited accounts and the report are presented to the Minister, copies of them are—
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(a) laid before each House of the Oireachtas, and
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(b) supplied to the prescribed accountancy bodies.
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(5) The Supervisory Authority shall—
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(a) at the Minister's request, permit any person appointed by the Minister to examine its accounts in respect of any financial year or other period,
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(b) facilitate the examination of the accounts by the appointed person, and
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(c) pay the fee that may be set by the Minister for the examination.
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