{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accounts-commission-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accounts-commission-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/681",
  "legislation_title": "The Accounts Commission (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accounts-commission-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Payment of expenses",
  "text": "The net expenses of the Commission incurred in the financial year beginning on 1st April 1996 and in each subsequent financial year shall be met by each of the specified bodies in accordance with the formula—\nA×BC Where—\nA is the net expenses of the Commission incurred in the financial year in question;\nB is the number of hours during which an auditor or an employee of an auditor is engaged, on behalf of the Commission, in that financial year on the audit of the accounts of—\n(a) that specified body; or\n(b) a body for which that specified body is the accounting authority under the 1996 Order; and\nC is the number of hours during which an auditor or an employee of an auditor is engaged, on behalf of the Commission, in that financial year on the audit of the accounts of—\n(a) any specified body; and\n(b) any body for which a specified body is the accounting authority under the 1996 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/681/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:50.104811+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}