24 Accounts. U.K.
(1)Each Board[F1, other than the British Waterways Board,]—
(a)shall cause proper accounts and other records in relation thereto to be kept, and
(b)shall prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form and containing such particulars, compiled in such manner, as the Minister may from time to time direct with the approval of the Treasury F2....
(2)The accounts of each Board[F3, other than the British Waterways Board,] shall be audited by an auditor or auditors to be appointed annually by the Minister F4... and a person [F5shall not be so appointed unless he is eligible for appointment as a [F6statutory auditor under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006].]
(3)So soon as the accounts of a Board have been audited as aforesaid, they shall send a copy of the statement of accounts referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section to the Minister F7..., together with a copy of the report made by the auditor or auditors on that statement, and a copy of that statement and of any such report shall be included in the report which is under this Act to be laid by the Minister annually before each House of Parliament F7....
[F8(3A)The British Waterways Board—
(a)must cause proper accounts and other records in relation to those accounts to be kept, and
(b)must prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form and containing such particulars, compiled in such manner, as the Scottish Ministers may from time to time direct.
(3B)The British Waterways Board must send the statement of accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing.
(3C)As soon as the accounts have been audited under subsection (3B), the British Waterways Board must send to the Scottish Ministers a copy of the statement of accounts together with a copy of the report made by the Auditor General for Scotland on that statement.
(3D)A copy of the statement of accounts and the report referred to in subsection (3C) must be included in the report which is under this Act to be laid by the Scottish Ministers annually before the Scottish Parliament.]
(4)Section thirty-nine of the M1Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888, and the M2Railway Companies (Accounts and Returns) Act 1911 (which relate to the making of returns and the keeping of statistics by railway and canal companies), and, except so far as the Minister may by order made by statutory instrument otherwise provide, so much of any statutory provision as relates to the accounts, statistics and returns to be kept or made by the owners of undertakings which were by the M3Transport Act 1947, transferred to the Commission, or as relates to the audit or publication of any such accounts, shall not apply to any of the Boards.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 24(1) inserted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 15(2)(a) (with arts. 4-6, Sch. 4 para. 2)
F2Words in s. 24(1) omitted (2.7.2012) by virtue of The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 15(2)(b) (with arts. 4-6, Sch. 4 para. 2)
F3Words in s. 24(2) inserted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 15(3)(a) (with arts. 4-6, Sch. 4 para. 2)
F4Words in s. 24(2) omitted (2.7.2012) by virtue of The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 15(3)(b) (with arts. 4-6, Sch. 4 para. 2)
F5Words in s. 24(2) substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/1997, regs. 2, 4, Sch. para. 10
F6Words in s. 24(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(c) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
F7Words in s. 24(3) omitted (2.7.2012) by virtue of The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 15(4) (with arts. 4-6, Sch. 4 para. 2)
F8S. 24(3A)-(3D) inserted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 15(5) (with arts. 4-6, Sch. 4 para. 2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 18-21, 24 extended by Transport Act (c. 73), s. 27(1)
C2S. 24 explained by Transport Act 1981 (c. 56, SIF 126), s. 5(4), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 12
C3S. 24 applied (6.1.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 94(6); S.I. 1993/3237, art. 2(2)
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