Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022

Reports

19. (1) The registration body shall, not later than 30 June in each year, prepare and furnish a report (in this section referred to as the “annual report”) to the Minister on the performance of its functions and the functions of the Board and the appeals committee in the previous year.

(2) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable, cause copies of the annual report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

(3) The annual report shall be in such form and shall include such information in respect of such matters as the registration body shall think fit or as the Minister may direct.

(4) The registration body may prepare and furnish such other reports to the Minister on the performance of its functions as it thinks fit.

(5) The registration body shall give to the Minister such other information as the Minister may require in respect of—

(a) the performance by the registration body, Board and the appeals committee of their functions and their policies in respect of such performance,

(b) any document or account prepared by them, or

(c) the annual report or any report referred to in subsection (4).

(6) For the purposes of subsection (1), the period beginning on the date of an order under section 8 (2) and ending on the following 31 December shall be deemed to be a previous year referred to in subsection (1).

(7) If, under subsection (1) and, if appropriate, subsection (6), the first annual report would relate to a period of less than 6 months, that report shall notwithstanding those subsections, relate to the activities of the registration body during that period and the financial year of the registration body immediately following that period and the registration body shall prepare and furnish to the Minister the first annual report as soon as may be, but not later than 6 months after, the end of that financial year.

(8) The registration body shall publish, including on a website maintained by or on behalf of the body, its annual report in such form as it thinks fit as soon as practicable after subsection (2) has been complied with in respect of the report.

(9) The registration body may publish such other reports on matters related to its activities and functions as it may from time to time consider relevant and appropriate.