(1) The Minister shall provide the Board with such accommodation and equipment as appears to him to be necessary or expedient for the exercise of their functions and shall also provide from among his officers and servants such number of persons to act as officers or servants of the Board as he may from time to time with the approval of the Treasury think fit; and any expenditure incurred by the Board with the approval of the Minister shall be defrayed by the Minister.
(2) The Board shall furnish the Minister with such accounts and other information relating to the discharge of their functions as he may from time to time require, and shall, as soon as may be after the end of each year, make a report to the Minister as to the exercise and performance of their functions under this Act in that year, which shall cover any particular matters on which the Minister has requested them to report; and the Minister shall lay a copy of every such report before each House of Parliament.
(3) Any expenditure incurred by the Minister in consequence of the provisions of this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament; and any fees received under this Act by the Board shall be paid by the Board to the Minister, who shall pay them into the Exchequer.