Territorial Extent and Territorial Application Northern Ireland Part 1: the National Consumer Council Section 7: Annual Report
47.Section 7 requires the Council to produce and publish an annual report on its activities for each financial year. The report must include details of the progress of projects described in the forward work programme (see section 5); any activities undertaken under section 22 (voluntary activities); and any other matters which the Secretary of State directs the Council to include (subsection (2)(c)). The Council must send copies of the annual report to the Secretary of State (who must lay copies before Parliament) and to the Scottish and Welsh Ministers (subsection (3)); and arrange for the report to be published (subsection 5).