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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-planning-and-land-act-1980/schedule-31/paragraph-11",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-planning-and-land-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/31/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The accounts and statements of accounts of a corporation to which paragraph 10B does not apply shall be audited by an auditor to be appointed annually by the Secretary of State in relation to the corporation.\n(2) A person shall not be appointed under sub-paragraph (1) unless he is eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006.\n(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment under sub-paragraph (1) above if the person is—\n(a) a member, officer or servant of the corporation, ; or\n(b) a partner of, or employed by, a member, officer or servant of the corporation, or\n(c) a body corporate of which a member, officer or servant of the corporation is a director or officer.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 31 para. 11(1) substituted (23.3.2005) by The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/913), arts. 1, 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 31 para. 11(1) substituted (21.12.2017) by The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1313), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 31, para. 11(2) substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/1997, reg. 2, Sch. para. 37(a) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 31 para. 11(2) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(v) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 31, para. 11(3)(a) added (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/1997, reg. 2, Sch. para. 37(b)(i) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 31, para. 11(3)(c) substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/1997, reg. 2, Sch. para. 37(b)(ii) (with reg. 4)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:43.750996+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."
}