# The Local Audit (Auditor Panel) Regulations 2014, Regulation 7: Functions of auditor panels: further details

Extent: E+W

(1) In complying with its duties under section 10(1) to (3) of the Act a relevant authority’s auditor panel must advise the authority on—
(a) whether to adopt a policy on the purchasing, from the authority’s local auditor, of non-audit services;
(b) if the authority proposes to adopt such a policy, on its contents, including—
(i) the circumstances in which the authority should ask the auditor panel for advice in connection with the purchasing of non-audit services; and
(ii) the circumstances in which the authority should or should not purchase non-audit services from the authority’s local auditor.
(2) In this regulation “non-audit services” in relation to a relevant authority means services provided by the authority’s local auditor to the authority other than in the exercise of the functions of the local auditor under the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3224/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-auditor-panel-regulations-2014/regulation-7
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