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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-health-authorities-audit-order-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110739809",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Health Authorities (Audit) Order 2006",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes the Comptroller and Auditor General the auditor of the accounts of the bodies listed in Schedule 1. This audit arrangement applies to the accounts of those bodies for a financial year ending on or after 31st March 2006. Without this Order, the Audit Commission would appoint the auditor of these bodies under section 98 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (1977 c.49) and under section 2 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (1998 c.18). This Order also makes consequential amendments to existing legislation. A body whose accounts are required by this Order to be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General is required, by section 98(1C) of the National Health Service Act 1977 as amended by this Order, to lay its accounts before Parliament together with the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on the accounts.\nThe Health and Social Care Information Centre was established by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/499).\nNHS Blood and Transplant (Gwaed a Thrawsblaniadau’r GIG) was established by NHS Blood and Transplant (Gwaed a Thrawsblaniadau’r GIG) (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2529).\nThe NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) was established by the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2414).\nThe NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement was established by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1446).\nA full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business is available on the website for Her Majesty’s Treasury at www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/consultations_and_legislation/ria or (for hard copies) by writing to the Correspondence and Enquiry Unit, 2/W1, HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ.",
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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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