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The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2010

S.I. 2010/516 · Made 1 March 2010

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Government Resources And Accounts

Made 1st March 2010

The Treasury make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c.20.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement and definition
  2. 2Provision coming into force
  3. 3Transitional provision
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement and definition

This Order may be cited as The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2010.

2Provision coming into force

Section 11 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 comes into force on 2nd March 2010.

3Transitional provision

The provision brought into force by this Order shall have effect in relation to accounts prepared in respect of any financial year ending on or after 31st March 2010.

Signature

Dave Watts

Tony Cunningham

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

1st March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 11 (which relates to the scrutiny of whole of government accounts) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c.20). It is the only provision of the Act which is not already in force. The other extant provisions which did not come into force on Royal Assent were commenced by S.I. 2000/3349 (C.111): for more detail see the Explanatory Note to that Order.

The scrutiny arrangements are to apply to accounts prepared in respect of financial years that end on or after 31st March 2010.