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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014/schedule-1B/paragraph-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Directions with respect to international obligations",
  "text": "(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State or the Local Audit Office—\n(a) that any action proposed to be taken by an external registration body would be incompatible with assimilated obligations or any other international obligations of the United Kingdom, or\n(b) that any action which an external registration body has power to take is required for the purpose of implementing any such obligations,\nthe Secretary of State or the Office may direct the body not to take or, as the case may be, to take the action in question.\n(2) A direction under this paragraph—\n(a) may include such supplementary or incidental requirements as the Secretary of State or the Office thinks necessary or expedient, and\n(b) may be varied or cancelled by written notice to the body concerned.\n(3) A direction under this paragraph is enforceable by injunction issued by the High Court on the application of the Secretary of State or the Office.",
  "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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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/schedule/1B/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}