{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981/section-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981/section-70.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/64",
  "legislation_title": "New Towns Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Reports.",
  "text": "As soon as possible after the end of each financial year—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) every development corporation shall make to the Secretary of State a report dealing generally with the operations of the corporation during that year, and shall include in the report a copy of their audited accounts for that year,\nand the Secretary of State shall lay a copy of every such report ... of a development corporation before each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 70(a) repealed (1.4.2009) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 5 para. 23(2), Sch. 16; S.I. 2009/803, arts. 3(1), 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 70 repealed (1.4.2009) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 5 para. 23(3), Sch. 16; S.I. 2009/803, arts. 3(1), 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 70 inserted (23.5.2003) by Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1326), arts. 1, 11(4)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/64/section/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:40.790981+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."
}