Commentary on Sections Section 5: Annual report of Director
This section concerns the production of an annual report by the Director of Legal Aid Casework.
Subsection (1) requires the Director to produce an annual report for each financial year as soon as practical following the end of that financial year.
Subsection (2) requires that the report will set out how the Director has carried out the functions of the office in the financial year.
Subsections (3) and (4) respectively require that the Director send a copy to the Department, and that the Department lay the report before the Assembly and arrange for its publication.