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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-212",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/28",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007",
  "path": "section/212",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "212",
  "heading": "Entities controlled etc by local authorities",
  "text": "(1) An order under this section is an order which requires, prohibits or regulates the taking of specified actions by entities connected with a local authority.\n(2) The Secretary of State may make an order under this section in relation to—\n(a) all English local authorities;\n(b) English local authorities of particular descriptions;\n(c) particular English local authorities.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers may make an order under this section in relation to—\n(a) all Welsh local authorities;\n(b) Welsh local authorities of particular descriptions;\n(c) particular Welsh local authorities.\n(4) An order under this section may also include provision which requires, prohibits or regulates—\n(a) the taking of specified actions by a local authority in relation to entities connected with the local authority;\n(b) the taking of specified actions by members or officers of a local authority who are qualifying persons.\n(5) An order under this section may make provision in relation to—\n(a) every entity connected with a local authority;\n(b) such entities of a particular description.\n(6) For the purposes of this section an entity (“E”) is “connected with” a local authority at any time if—\n(a) it is an entity other than the local authority; and\n(b) according to proper practices in force at that time, financial information about E must be included in the local authority's statement of accounts for the financial year in which that time falls.\n(7) In this section—\n“actions” includes courses of action;\n“English local authority” means a local authority in England , and includes a local authority which exercises functions in relation to an area which is partly in England and partly in Wales;\n“entity” means any entity, whether or not a legal person;\n“financial year” means a period for which—\n(a)a statement of accounts of the local authority must be prepared by reason of section 3 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, or\n(b)accounts of the local authority must be prepared by reason of section 13 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004;\n“local authority” means any body which—\n(a)is a local authority for the purposes of section 21 of the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26) (see subsection (6) of that section and section 23 of that Act), apart from a police and crime commissioner but including a corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021; and\n(b) in the case of a body in Wales, is required to prepare statements of accounts by regulations made under section 39 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004;\n“qualifying person” means a person who—\n(a)is authorised to represent the local authority at meetings of an entity that is connected with the local authority; or\n(b)is a member or director of such an entity or the holder of any other specified position in relation to such an entity;\n“specified” means specified, or of a description specified, by the order;\n“Welsh local authority” means a local authority in Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 212(7) inserted (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 82(a); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 212(7) substituted (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 82(b); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 212(7) inserted (25.3.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 212(7) substituted (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 82(c); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 212 in force at 30.12.2007, see s. 245(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/28/section/212",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:26.064223+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."
}