# The Audit and Assessment Reports (Wales) Order 2010

W.S.I. 2010/2853 · made 29 November 2010 · revised to 22 November 2011

Section 17 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (“the Measure”) imposes a duty on the Auditor General for Wales to carry out an audit for the purposes of determining whether a Welsh improvement authority has discharged its duties under section 15 of the Measure.

Made under: Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Section 19)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/audit-and-assessment-reports-wales-order-2010/pdf/wsi_20102853_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES
Made 29 November 2010
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 30 November 2010
Coming into force 30 November 2010
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 19(3)(b) of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009, make the following Order:

## 1 Title, commencement, interpretation and application

(1) The title of this Order is The Audit and Assessment Reports (Wales) Order 2010 and it comes into force on 30 November 2010.
(2) In this Order—
“the Measure” means the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009; and
“report” means an audit and assessment report within the meaning of section 19(1) of the Measure.
(3) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

## 2 Date for copies of a report to be sent to a Welsh improvement authority and the Welsh Ministers

In respect of financial years beginning on or after 1 April 2011 copies of a report issued in accordance with section 19(2) of the Measure must be sent by 31 January in the financial year during which the audit was carried out or to which the assessment relates.

## Signature

Carl Sargeant
Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
29 November 2010

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 17 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (“the Measure”) imposes a duty on the Auditor General for Wales to carry out an audit for the purposes of determining whether a Welsh improvement authority has discharged its duties under section 15 of the Measure.
Section 18 of the Measure places a duty on the Auditor General for Wales to carry out an assessment in respect of each financial year determining whether a Welsh improvement authority is likely to comply with the requirements of Part 1 of the Measure.
Section 19 of the Measure requires the Auditor General for Wales to issue an audit and assessment report in respect of a Welsh improvement authority.
This Order amends section 19(3)(a) of the Measure in respect of the financial year beginning 1 April 2010 by extending the date by which the Auditor General for Wales must send copies of any report to the Welsh Ministers and the Welsh improvement authority concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2010/2853 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/audit-and-assessment-reports-wales-order-2010
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