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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014/schedule-1B/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/2",
  "legislation_title": "Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014",
  "path": "schedule/1B/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Directions to secure compliance",
  "text": "(1) If the Local Audit Office considers that an external registration body has failed to comply with a requirement under—\n(a) this Act, or\n(b) an agreement under section 6B(5),\nthe Office may give the body a direction under this paragraph.\n(2) A direction under this paragraph is one directing the body to take steps that the Office considers will—\n(a) secure that the requirement in question is complied with, or\n(b) mitigate the effect, or prevent the recurrence, of the failure of compliance.\n(3) Such a step—\n(a) must be one that the body has the power to take;\n(b) may consist of not doing something.\n(4) A direction under this paragraph must—\n(a) explain the Office’s reasons for giving the direction, and\n(b) specify the time by which the direction must be complied with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 1B-1D inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(6), Sch. 35"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/schedule/1B/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:55.780103+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."
}