Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

Final accounts and final annual report of Policing Authority

162. (1) The Authority shall cause to be prepared any outstanding appropriation accounts of the Policing Authority.

(2) The chief executive of the Authority shall be the accounting officer in relation to the appropriation accounts of the Policing Authority for the purposes of the Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1866 to 1998.

(3) The Authority shall, not later than 3 months following the establishment day of the Authority, prepare and submit to the Minister the final annual report of the Policing Authority.

(4) The Minister shall cause a copy of the final annual report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is received.

(5) The Authority shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after a copy of the final annual report is laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, the report is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Authority or in such other manner as the Minister may specify.