# Energy Act 2023, Paragraph 4: Utilities Act 2000

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In section 5XA (laying of accounts before Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly)—
(a) in the heading, for “and Welsh Assembly” substitute “, Senedd Cymru or the Northern Ireland Assembly”;
(b) after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) The Authority must send to the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland, in respect of each of its accounting years, a copy of the certified accounts and report of the Authority no later than 31 January of the financial year following that to which the accounts relate.”;
(c) after subsection (3A) insert—
“(3B) The Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland must lay a copy of whatever is sent to it under subsection (2A) before the Northern Ireland Assembly.”;
(d) for subsection (4) substitute—
“(4) In subsections (1) to (3) “certified accounts and report” means those accounts certified under sections 5 and 7 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000, and the report issued by the Comptroller and Auditor General under section 6(3)(a) of that Act.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/schedule/5/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/schedule-5/paragraph-4
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