{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-resources-and-accounts-act-2000-audit-of-public-bodies-order-2003/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-resources-and-accounts-act-2000-audit-of-public-bodies-order-2003/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1326",
  "legislation_title": "The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-resources-and-accounts-act-2000-audit-of-public-bodies-order-2003",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Football Licensing Authority",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 to the Football Spectators Act 1989 (the Football Licensing Authority) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 24 (accounts and audit of the Authority)—\n(a) after “licensing authority” insert “in respect of accounting years ending on or before 31st March 2002”, and\n(b) after “each” insert “such”.\n(3) After paragraph 26 (laying accounts of the Authority before Parliament) insert—\n“26A. The licensing authority shall send a copy of the statement of accounts prepared under paragraph 23 in respect of each accounting year ending on or after 31st March 2003 to the Comptroller and Auditor General as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the accounting year to which the statement of accounts relates.\n26B. The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on each statement of accounts sent to him by the licensing authority under paragraph 26A and shall lay before Parliament a copy of the statement and his report on it.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 37."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2011/6",
      "affecting_title": "Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1326/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:23:58.461153+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."
}