Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990

Final reports and accounts of the existing bodies etc. S

9 (1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 3(1)(e) and (3) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965 (reports to Secretary of State)— S

(a) it shall continue, in accordance with the provisions of the said section 3(1)(e) and (3), to be the duty of the Highlands and Islands Development Board to make a report to the Secretary of State in respect of each calendar year ending before the second transfer date and of the Secretary of State to lay a copy of any such report before each House of Parliament; and

(b) the said provisions shall also apply as respects the period between the end of the calendar year in question and that transfer date as if the transfer date were the last day of the subsequent calendar year.

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 13 of the said Act of 1965 (accounts etc.)—

(a) it shall continue, in accordance with the provisions of that section, to be the duty of the Highlands and Islands Development Board to keep such accounts and other records as are, and to prepare in respect of each financial year ending before the second transfer date such statement of account as is, mentioned in subsection (1) of that section and to submit the statement of account to the Secretary of State, of the Secretary of State to transmit the statement of account to the Comptroller and Auditor General and of the Comptroller and Auditor General to examine and certify the statement of account and lay before Parliament copies of it with his report on it; and

(b) the said provisions shall also apply as respects the period between the end of the financial year in question and that transfer date as if the transfer date were the last day of the subsequent financial year.

(3) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the M1 Scottish Development Agency Act 1975 (annual report to Secretary of State)—

(a) it shall continue, in accordance with the provisions of that paragraph, to be the duty of the Scottish Development Agency to make a report to the Secretary of State in respect of each financial year ending before the first transfer date and of the Secretary of State to lay a copy of any such report before each House of Parliament; and

(b) the said provisions shall also apply as respects the period between the end of the financial year in question and that transfer date as if the transfer date were the last day of the subsequent financial year.

(4) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of paragraph 8 of the said Schedule 2 (accounts of the Agency etc.)—

(a) it shall continue, in accordance with the provisions of that paragraph, to be the duty of the Scottish Development Agency to keep such accounts and other records as are, and to prepare in respect of each financial year ending before the first transfer date such statement of account as is, mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph and to submit the statement of account to the Secretary of State, of the Secretary of State to transmit the statement of account to the Comptroller and Auditor General and of the Comptroller and Auditor General to examine and certify the statement of account and lay before Parliament copies of it with his report on it; and

(b) the said provisions shall also apply as respects the period between the end of the financial year in question and that transfer date as if the transfer date were the last day of the subsequent financial year.

(5) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 1 and of sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 4 of the said Schedule 2 (account of certain sums issued out of National Loans Fund etc.)—

(a) it shall continue, in accordance with the provisions of those sub-paragraphs, to be the duty of the Secretary of State to prepare an account of the sums issued by him under sub-paragraph (1) of, and received by him under sub-paragraph (2) of, the said paragraph 4 in respect of each financial year ending before the first transfer date and to include in that account particulars of the sums which in the year in question were paid to the Scottish Development Agency or into the Consolidated Fund in pursuance of the said paragraph 1; and

(b) the said provisions shall also apply as respects the period between the end of the financial year in question and that transfer date as if the transfer date were the last day of the subsequent financial year.

(6) Any expenses incurred by an existing body by virtue of this paragraph shall be met by their successor.

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 69.