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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-audit-smaller-authorities-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111126103",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Audit (Smaller Authorities) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-audit-smaller-authorities-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Specification of a person to appoint local auditors",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, in accordance with regulation 4, specify a person to appoint a local auditor to audit the accounts of an opted in authority.\n(2) The Secretary of State may specify different persons in relation to different classes of smaller authorities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111126103/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:11:02.113916+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."
}