Nurses Act, 1950

PART VI.

Financial Provisions.

Accounts of the Board and audit thereof.

58.—(1) The Board shall cause the accounts of the Board to be kept in such form as the Minister directs or approves.

(2) The accounts of the Board shall be made up in respect of such periods as may be determined by the Minister.

(3) The accounts of the Board shall be audited by a local government auditor appointed from time to time by the Minister for that purpose after consultation with the Minister for Local Government.

(4) The Minister shall determine the fee to be paid by the Board in respect of an audit under this section and the fee so determined shall be paid by the Board to the Minister and shall thereupon be paid into or disposed of by him for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance directs.

(5) The Board shall prepare an abstract of the accounts of the Board in such form as the Minister directs or approves and such abstract shall be certified to be correct by the local government auditor auditing such accounts.

(6) The Board shall—

(a) keep copies of an abstract prepared in pursuance of subsection (5) of this section available for purchase or inspection at their principal office,

(b) furnish to the Minister such number of copies of an abstract prepared in pursuance of subsection (5) of this section as he may require,

(c) publish an abstract prepared in pursuance of subsection (5) of this section in such manner as may be approved or directed by the Minister, and

(d) furnish to each health authority a copy of an abstract prepared in pursuance of subsection (5) of this section.