Commentary on provisions of Act Section 64: Gas and Electricity Markets Authority
This section amends section 5 of, and inserts a new section 5XA into, the Utilities Act 2000 ("2000 Act").
	Section 5 of the 2000 Act requires the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority ("the Authority) to send its annual report to the Secretary of State, and imposes a duty on the Secretary of State to lay that report before both Houses of Parliament. The section imposes a new requirement on the Authority to send the annual report to the Scottish Ministers, and new subsection (5A) of section 5 requires the Scottish Ministers to lay a copy of each report before the Scottish Parliament.
	New section 5XA(1) requires the Comptroller and Auditor General to send the certified accounts, and report on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s accounts, to the Authority each year. Subsection (2) requires the Authority to send the certified account and report to the Scottish Ministers, and subsection (3) requires the Scottish Ministers to lay copies of those documents before the Scottish Parliament.