16(1)The [F1Relevant Authority] may from time to time determine accounting requirements for registered social landlords with a view to ensuring that the accounts of every registered social landlord—E+W
(a)are prepared in a proper form, and
(b)give a true and fair view of—
(i)the state of affairs of the landlord, so far as its housing activities are concerned, and
(ii)the disposition of funds and assets which are, or at any time have been, in its hands in connection with those activities.
(2)The [F1Relevant Authority] by a determination under sub-paragraph (1) may lay down a method by which a registered charity is to distinguish in its accounts between its housing activities and other activities.
(3)The accounts of every registered social landlord shall comply with the requirements laid down under this paragraph.
(4)The auditor’s report shall state, in addition to any other matters which it is required to state, whether in the auditor’s opinion the accounts do so comply.
(5)Every registered social landlord shall furnish to the [F1Relevant Authority] a copy of its accounts and auditor’s report within six months of the end of the period to which they relate.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. I substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 82(1)(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art.5.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 para. 16(3)-(5) extended (16.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3, Sch. para. 5
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 16 wholly in force 1.10.1996; Sch. 1 para. 16 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 232(3) ; Sch. 1 para. 16(1)(2) in force at 1.8.1996 by 1996/2048, art. 2(1); Sch. 1 para. 16 in force at 1.10.1996 to the extent not already in force, by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (subject to the transitional savings in the Sch. to that S.I.)