# English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, Paragraph 6

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Section 10 (functions of auditor panels) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) for “relevant authority’s” substitute “health service body’s”;
(b) for “authority” substitute “body”.
(3) Omit subsections (2) and (3).
(4) In subsection (4)—
(a) for “relevant authority’s” substitute “health service body’s”;
(b) for “authority” substitute “body”.
(5) In subsection (5)(a), for “relevant authority” substitute “health service body”.
(6) In subsection (6)—
(a) for “relevant authority’s” substitute “health service body’s”;
(b) for “authority”, in both places it occurs, substitute “body”.
(7) In subsection (7), for “authority” substitute “health service body”.
(8) In subsection (8)—
(a) in paragraph (b)—
(i) for “relevant authority’s” substitute “health service body’s”;
(ii) for “authority’s”, in the remaining place it occurs, substitute “body’s”;
(b) in paragraph (c), for “relevant authority” substitute “health service body”.
(9) In subsection (9), for “relevant authority” substitute “health service body”.
(10) In subsection (10)—
(a) in the words before paragraph (a), for “relevant authority” substitute “health service body”;
(b) omit paragraph (a).
(11) In subsection (11), for “relevant authority” substitute “health service body”.
(12) In subsection (13), for “relevant authority” substitute “health service body”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/36/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-36/paragraph-6
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