Section 59 Accounts of councils of county boroughs.F1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The council of every county borough shall keep accounts of the sums received and expended by them in the exercise of their functions under this Act, and those accounts shall be made up and audited in like manner as the accounts of a county council and shall be kept separately from their other accounts.

(2)

The enactments relating to the audit of accounts by a district auditor and to the matters incidental to such audit and consequential thereon shall have effect in relation to the accounts which the council of a county borough are required to keep under this section as they have effect in relation to the accounts of a county council.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 59 repealed (E.W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30; amended by Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), s. 45(5)

Notes on Part IV

Modifications

C1: Pt. 4 saved by Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72), s. 8(3) (which affecting provision is repealed (1.9.1992) by Charities Act 1992 (c. 41), s. 78(2), Sch. 7; S.I. 1992/1900, art. 2(1), Sch. 1)

Editorial notes

X1: [Editorial note: This Act no longer applies in relation to England (1.4.2015) as a consequence of the Care Act 2014 (c. 23), Pt. 1 and the amendments made by The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), Sch. paras. 1-10]