24 Information and annual reports
(1) A National Park authority must provide the Scottish Ministers with such information as they may reasonably require relating to the exercise of the authority's functions.
(2) For that purpose the authority must_
(a) permit any person authorised to do so by the Scottish Ministers to inspect and make copies of the accounts and other records of the authority, and
(b) provide the person with such explanations of those accounts and records as that person or the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require.
(3) As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, a National Park authority must prepare a report on its activities during that year and send a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers.
(4) The report must set out any directions under section 14 which have been given to the authority during the year to which the report relates.
(5) The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament and publish the report.
Explanatory Notes Section 24 Information and annual reports This section sets out a duty on National Park authorities to report on their activities each year. They must under subsection (1) provide information on their activities as required by The Scottish Ministers, including providing this to a person authorised by The Scottish Ministers ( sub-section (2)). Subsection (3) requires a National Park authority to send a report on its year's activities to The Scottish Ministers as soon as is reasonably possible, and for The Scottish Ministers to lay a copy of the report before The Scottish Parliament (subsection (5)). The report must set out any directions received under section 14 which relate to the year in question. |