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The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Order 2020

S.I. 2020/1565 · Made 16 December 2020

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Local Government, England And Wales

Made 16th December 2020

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 49(1) and (5) to (7) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014f1.

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Footnotes

f1

2014 c.2.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Amendment of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2015
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Order 2020.

2Amendment of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2015

(1)

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2015f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 7 (transitory provision: exercise of functions) for “2020” substitute “2023”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Luke Hall

Minister of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

16th December 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2015 (“the 2015 Order”).

Article 2 amends the date until which the functions of the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England under the provisions listed in article 6(2) of the 2015 Order may be exercised by a Minister of the Crown. This amendment also changes the date until which the Minister may delegate the exercise of any such function to other persons or bodies.