International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 2006 c. 31 |
(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to lay before each House of Parliament each year a report about international aid pursuant to the provisions of this Act (an “annual report”) .a period of 12 months ending with 31st December, in the case of information which is normally produced by reference to calendar years,in any other case, a period of 12 months ending with 31st March.(3) An annual report shall, subject to subsection (5) , be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after 31st March each year.(4) An annual report may revise anything contained in a previous annual report.(5) Nothing in this Act shall be read as preventing an annual report being combined with any other report which the Secretary of State lays before either House of Parliament.Each annual report must include the information set out in the Schedule to this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . what progress has been made generally towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7,the effectiveness in pursuing Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7 of multilateral aid generally to which the United Kingdom contributes,the effectiveness in pursuing Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7 of bilateral aid provided by the United Kingdom to not fewer than 20 countries specified in the report, selected according to criteria so specified,what steps have been taken as a result of sections 1(1A) and 3(2) of the International Development Act 2002 in pursuing Millennium Development Goal 3,what progress has been made in promoting untied aid.references to “Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7” are to Goals 1 to 7 set out in the Annex to United Nations General Assembly document A/56/326 dated 6th September 2001, entitled “Road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration: Report of the Secretary General”, as those goals may be amended or modified from time to time,“untied aid” means aid which falls within subsection (3) .it is either not subject to a condition restricting the states from which goods or services may be purchased using the aid, or (if it is subject to such a condition) the states from which goods or services may be purchased using the aid include all the member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and substantially all states which receive aid from any source, andthe provider of the aid has, so far as reasonably practicable, secured that there will be no significant impediment in the purchasing process which would have the effect of a narrower restriction than that mentioned in paragraph (a) on the states from which goods or services will be purchased using the aid.the promotion of sustainable development in countries outside the United Kingdom,the reduction of poverty in such countries.the development of an open trading system that is rule-based and non-discriminatory and expands trading opportunities for low income countries,the development of an open financial system that is rule-based and non-discriminatory,the enhancement of debt relief for low income countries.(3) In this section, “Millennium Development Goal 8” means Goal 8 set out in the Annex to the document mentioned in section 4(2) (a) , as that goal may be amended or modified from time to time.the provision of aid, andthe use made of aid provided.specifying future allocations of aid,securing that aid supports clearly identified development objectives, agreed between
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