Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999

Reports.

59.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the chief executive of a relevant body shall, having regard to a plan prepared under section 58 , prepare a report on the operations and the performance of the relevant body during the period referred to in subsection (2).

(2) A report under subsection (1) shall be prepared—

(a) in the case of the first such report, at the end of the period of two years after the commencement of this Part, and

(b) thereafter, at the end of the period of two years following the preparation of the preceding report.

(3) A relevant body shall publish a report under subsection (1) in such form and manner as it thinks fit.

(4) A relevant body shall provide the Minister with a copy of a report under subsection (1) and, in the case of the Higher Education and Training Awards Council and the Further Education and Training Awards Council, shall provide the Authority with a copy.

(5) The relevant body concerned shall cause a copy of a report under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is published.

(6) Subject to subsection (7), a relevant body shall provide the Minister or either House of the Oireachtas with such information regarding the performance of its functions as the Minister or either House of the Oireachtas, as the case may be, may from time to time determine.

(7) The Higher Education and Training Awards Council and the Further Education and Training Awards Council shall provide the Authority with such information regarding the performance of their functions as the Authority may from time to time determine.