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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014/schedule-1D/paragraph-9",
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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/1D/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations—\n(a) provide for the Secretary of State’s functions under paragraph 7 or 8 to be exercisable, concurrently with the Secretary of State, by another person designated in the regulations;\n(b) make the designated person’s ability to exercise the functions subject to exceptions or reservations;\n(c) confer on the designated person such other functions supplementary or incidental to those under this paragraph as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate;\n(d) make provision about the application of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the designated person.\n(2) Regulations under this paragraph do not have the effect that—\n(a) the designated person is to be regarded as acting on behalf of the Crown, or\n(b) that its members, officers or employees are to be regarded as Crown servants.\n(3) Where regulations under this paragraph apply to the making of regulations under paragraph 7—\n(a) section 43(1) and (5) does not apply to regulations made by the designated person;\n(b) the designated person may not make regulations without the approval of the Secretary of State;\n(c) the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the body, by regulations vary or revoke any regulations made by the designated person;\n(d) any regulations made by the designated person must be published immediately after they are made;\n(e) a person is not to be taken to have contravened such regulations if the person shows that at the time of the alleged contravention the regulations had not been published;\n(f) the production of a printed copy of regulations purporting to be made by the designated person on which is endorsed a certificate signed by or on behalf of that person and stating—\n(i) that the regulations were made by the person,\n(ii) that the copy is a true copy of the regulations, and\n(iii) that on a specified date the regulations were published,\nis evidence of the facts stated in the certificate;\n(g) a certificate purporting to be signed as mentioned in paragraph (f) is to be deemed to have been duly signed unless the contrary is shown;\n(h) any person wishing in any legal proceedings to cite regulations made by the designated person may require that person to cause a copy of them to be endorsed with a certificate as mentioned in paragraph (f).",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/schedule/1D/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}