Marginal note:Audit

17. The accounts and financial transactions of the Centre shall be audited annually by the Auditor General of Canada, and a report of the audit shall be made to the Centre and to the Minister.

Marginal note:Annual report

• 18. (1) The Centre shall submit a report on the work of the Centre in a fiscal year to the Minister within six months after the end of that fiscal year, including the financial statements of the Centre and the report on them of the Auditor General of Canada.

• Marginal note:Tabling of report

  (2) The Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 30 days on which that House is sitting after the report is submitted to the Minister.

• Marginal note:Available to first nations and the public

  (3) The Centre shall make the report available for public scrutiny at its offices and shall provide a copy of the report to a first nation on request.

Marginal note:Quarterly report

19. Every three months, on the dates that the Minister specifies, the Centre shall report to the Minister

• (a) the total amount of compensation payable in respect of specific claims resolved other than by a decision of the Tribunal during that quarter; and

• (b) the total amount of compensation payable in respect of specific claims resolved by a decision of the Tribunal during that quarter.

Marginal note:Composition

• 20. (1) The Commission Division of the Centre consists of a Chief Commissioner, a Vice-Chief Commissioner and up to five other commissioners to be appointed by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister.

• Marginal note:Modification of number of commissioners

  (2) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, at any time increase or reduce the number of commissioners.

• Marginal note:Full-time and part-time

  (3) The Chief Commissioner and Vice-Chief Commissioner shall be appointed as full-time commissioners, and other commissioners may be appointed as full-time or part-time commissioners.

• Marginal note:Term and tenure

  (4) The Chief Commissioner and the Vice-Chief Commissioner shall hold office during good behaviour for a term of not more than five years and may be removed for cause by the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Term and tenure

  (5) The other commissioners shall hold office during good behaviour for a term of not more than three years and may be removed for cause by the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Re-appointment

  (6) A commissioner is eligible for re-appointment on the expiration of any term of office in the same or another capacity.