Carbon Fund Act 2007

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Accounts of Carbon Fund and audit.

5.— (1) The Agency shall—

(a) keep, in such form as may be approved by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, all proper and usual accounts in relation to the performance by it of the functions delegated or granted to it under this Act, and

(b) whenever requested to do so by the Minister, give to him or her either or both such accounts and such information in relation to such accounts as he or she may specify.

(2) Accounts kept under this section, as signed by the Chief Executive (who shall be the accountable person in relation to the accounts of the Carbon Fund), shall be submitted, as soon as may be, but not later than 4 months after the end of the financial year of the Agency to which they relate, by the Agency to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit. A copy of the accounts as so audited, together with a copy of the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on those accounts, shall be presented to the Minister as soon as may be thereafter. The Minister shall cause a copy of those audited accounts and that report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.