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The Comptroller and Auditor General (Examination of Accounts) Order 1984

S.I. 1984/1078 · Made 24 July 1984

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COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

Approved by the House of Commons

Made 24th July 1984

Coming into Operation 25th July 1984

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before the House of Commons in accordance with section 3(1) of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921f1 and has been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons:

Now, therefore, the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3(1) of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

(as substituted by section 12(2) of the National Audit Act 1983 (c.44)).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule ACCOUNTS TO BE EXAMINED BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Comptroller and Auditor General (Examination of Accounts) Order 1984, and shall come into operation on 25th July 1984.

2

The accounts, specified in Column 2 of the Schedule to this Order, of the persons or bodies specified in Column 1 thereof are those which the Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine in accordance with section 3(1) of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921.

Signature

Donald Thompson

T. Garel-Jones

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

24th July 1984

ACCOUNTS TO BE EXAMINED BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

Column 1Column 2
Secretary of StateAccount kept pursuant to Regulation 85 of the Teachers' Superannuation Regulations 1976f1.
Secretary of StateAccount kept pursuant to Regulation 76 of the Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1977.
Secretary of StateAccount kept in respect of the General Lighthouse Fund.
House of Lords Offices CommitteeAccount kept in respect of the House of Lords Security Fund.

Explanatory note

Section 12(2) of the National Audit Act 1983 substituted a new section 3(1) in the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921. Section 3(1), as substituted, provides that the Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine the accounts of any person or body specified by Order made by the Treasury. The Order specifies the accounts of the persons or bodies to be so examined.