9A   Letter of submission

The report of the operations referred to in section 8 of a statutory body is to include a letter of submission to the appropriate Minister:

(a)  stating that the report is being submitted to the Minister for presentation to Parliament, and

(b)  specifying the provisions under which the report has been prepared, and

(c)  if the report is being submitted late—stating the length of and reasons for any extension of time under section 13, and

(d)  if the report is being submitted late and no application has been made under section 13 to cover that lateness—stating the reasons for the lateness and for the failure to make the application, and

(e)  signed by 2 members of the statutory body which prepared the report (or, if the statutory body is a corporation sole, by the person who constitutes it, or, if it is a statutory body without members, by its chief executive officer).