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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/budget-responsibility-and-national-audit-act-2011-commencement-no2-order-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2576",
  "legislation_title": "The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Commencement No.2) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/budget-responsibility-and-national-audit-act-2011-commencement-no2-order-2011",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions of the Act coming into force on 1st January 2012",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st January 2012—\n(a) section 13 (remuneration arrangements);\n(b) section 17 for the purpose of paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 3 to the Act (principles reflected in code of practice);\n(c) section 20(3) and Schedule 2 (National Audit Office) to the extent that those provisions are not brought into force by article 2;\n(d) section 22 so far as necessary for bringing into force the provisions specified in paragraphs (e), (f) and (g);\n(e) the following paragraphs of Schedule 3 (relationship between NAO and Comptroller and Auditor General)—\n(i) paragraph 1 (strategy);\n(ii) paragraph 6(1) and (2) (delegation of Comptroller and Auditor General’s functions);\n(iii) paragraphs 10 to 12 (code of practice);\n(f) paragraph 2(1), (3) and (4) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 for the purposes of—\n(i) approving the provision of services under paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule; and\n(ii) determining the maximum amount of resources that the Comptroller and Auditor General may require for the function of providing those services;\n(g) paragraph 8(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 3 for the purpose of preparing a scheme for charging audit fees;\n(h) section 23 for the purpose of authorising NAO’s expenditure for the first financial year;\n(i) section 26(1) so far as necessary for bringing into force the provisions specified in paragraph (j); and\n(j) the following paragraphs of Schedule 4 (transitional provision relating to Part 2)—\n(i) paragraph 1 (transfer of property etc);\n(ii) paragraph 5 (old Comptroller and Auditor General to continue to be Comptroller and Auditor General);\n(iii) paragraph 9 (NAO’s procedural rules before rules made under paragraph 18 of Schedule 2).",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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