{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-36/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-36/paragraph-9.json",
  "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/36/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 14 (limitation of local auditor’s liability) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for “relevant authority” substitute “health service body”;\n(b) for “authority”, in the remaining place it occurs, substitute “body”.\n(3) In subsection (6), for “relevant authority” substitute “health service body”.\n(4) After subsection (7) insert—\n“(8) Before entering into a liability limitation agreement, a health service body must consult and take into account the advice of its auditor panel.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 36 para. 9 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/36/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}