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operations of a relevant body—
      (a) he may include the report in the next report made by him under section 51 that includes his report with respect to the accounts, or financial statements, of that body;
      (b) he may include the report in a report made by him, otherwise than under section 51, with respect to the financial statements of the body, being a report a copy of which is required by an enactment to be laid before each House of the Parliament; or
      (c) he may treat the report as a special report and transmit signed copies of the report to each House of the Parliament.
"(9) Sub-section (8) does not apply to a relevant body (not being a Department of State or a Department of the Parliament)—
      (a) that is specified in the regulations as a relevant body to which sub-section (8) does not apply; or
      (b) that is included in a class of relevant bodies specified in the regulations as a class of relevant bodies to which sub-section (8) does not apply.
"(10) Where the Auditor-General prepares a report (other than a restricted report) of the results of an efficiency audit of operations of a relevant body carried out by him, being a relevant body to which, by virtue of regulations in force under sub-section (9), sub-section (8) does not apply, the Auditor-General shall furnish copies of the report to the body and to the relevant person in respect of the body and to the Public Service Board.
"(11) In this section—
      (a) a reference to a restricted report of the results of an efficiency audit of operations of a relevant body carried out by the Auditor-General shall be read as a reference to a report of the results of such an audit that includes any information, or any of the contents of a document, to which a certificate under sub-section (5) applies; and
      (b) a reference to the relevant person in respect of a relevant body shall be read as a reference—
          (i) in the case of a Department of State—to the Minister administering that Department or another Minister acting for and on behalf of that Minister;
          (ii) in the case of the Department of the Senate—to the President of the Senate;
          (iii) in the case of the Department of the House of Representatives—to the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
          (iv) in the case of the Department of the Parliamentary Library, the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff or the Joint House Department—to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
          (v) in the case of any other relevant body—
              (a) to the Minister declared by regulations to be