Accounts and audit 25 13 (1) The Board must— (a) keep proper accounts and accounting records, and (b) prepare annual accounts in respect of each financial year. (2) The Board must send a copy of the annual accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing. 30 Annual report 14 (1) The convener must, prepare a report on the carrying out of the Board’s functions during each financial year. (2) After securing the Board’s approval of the report, the convener must— (a) lay the report before the Scottish Parliament, and 35 (b) send a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers. (3) The report must be laid before the Parliament within 7 months of the end of each financial year.”. (3F) In section 7(2) of the Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020 (chief counting officer), after “section 2 of” insert “, or paragraph 2 of the schedule of,”. 50 Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill Part 10—General provision 47A Application of public bodies legislation to the Electoral Management Board for Scotland (1) In the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, in Part 7 of schedule 1 (others), after paragraph 63A insert— 5 “63B Electoral Management Board for Scotland.”. (2) In the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010— (a) In schedule 5, after the entry relating to David MacBrayne Ltd insert— “Electoral Management Board for Scotland”.