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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-34/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/23",
  "legislation_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/34/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Initial appointment of Controller of Local Audit",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of constituting the Local Audit Office—\n(a) the Secretary of State must nominate an individual to be the first Controller of Local Audit;\n(b) the nominated individual is to become an executive member of the Office;\n(c) the Office must employ that individual to serve as its chief officer; and\n(d) the individual’s position as executive member is then to continue under paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 1A to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (inserted by paragraph 1 of this Schedule).\n(2) The Secretary of State may direct the Office as to the terms on which the nominated individual is to be employed.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 34 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 34 para. 2 in force at 15.7.2026 by S.I. 2026/812, reg. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/34/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:57.197615+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."
}