{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-appointing-person-regulations-2015/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-appointing-person-regulations-2015/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/192",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-appointing-person-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Acceptance of an invitation",
  "text": "(1) A principal authority which is within the class of authorities to whom an invitation has been issued may accept an invitation made by a relevant appointing person under regulation 8 by giving notice of acceptance to the appointing person on or before the closing date mentioned in regulation 8(3)(b).\n(2) An authority which gives a notice under paragraph (1) becomes an opted in authority on the date the notice is received by the appointing person.\n(3) An authority which has become an opted in authority under this regulation is an opted in authority only for the duration of the compulsory appointing period specified in the invitation.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in force at 10.2.2015 in accordance with, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/192/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:15.985702+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."
}