SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Disclosure and Barring Service

Accounts

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1

DBS must keep its accounts in such form as the Secretary of State decides.

2

DBS must prepare annual accounts in respect of each financial year in such form as the Secretary of State decides.

3

Before the end of the specified period following the end of each financial year to which the annual accounts relate DBS must send a copy of the accounts to the Secretary of State and the Comptroller and Auditor General.

4

The Comptroller and Auditor General must—

a

examine, certify and report on the annual accounts, and

b

send a copy of the certified accounts and of the report to the Secretary of State.

5

The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament each document received under sub-paragraph (4)(b).

6

The specified period is such period as the Secretary of State directs in writing.