(1) The Board shall keep in such form as may be approved of by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform all proper and usual accounts of all moneys received or expended by the Board including an income and expenditure account and balance sheet and, in particular, shall keep all such special accounts as the Minister may from time to time direct.
(2) Accounts kept in pursuance of this section shall be submitted as soon as may be after the end of the financial year of the Board to which they relate to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit and a copy of the income and expenditure account and of the balance sheet and of such other (if any) of its accounts as the Minister may direct and a copy of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the account shall be presented to the Minister as soon as may be and the Minister shall cause copies of each of the documents aforesaid to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.