Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II: Power to apply conferred (31.8.2000) by 1997 c. 25, s. 59D(4)(b) (as inserted (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 83(2) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(b))
Pt. II (ss. 2-32) applied (with modifications) (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/734, art. 2
Pt. II (ss. 2-32) modified (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/734, art. 3
C2Pt. II modified (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), arts. 1, 9(9)(a)
C3Pt. II modified (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), arts. 1, 20(7)(a)
(1)At each audit under this Act, other than an audit of accounts of a health service body, any persons interested may—
(a)inspect the accounts to be audited and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them, and
(b)make copies of all or any part of the accounts and those other documents.
(2)At the request of a local government elector for any area to which the accounts relate, the auditor shall give the elector, or any representative of his, an opportunity to question the auditor about the accounts.
(3)Nothing in this section entitles a person—
(a)to inspect so much of any accounts or other document as contains personal information [F1within the meaning of subsection (3A) or (4)]; or
(b)to require any such information to be disclosed in answer to any question.
[F2(3A)Information is personal information if—
(a)it identifies a particular individual or enables a particular individual to be identified; and
(b)the auditor considers that it should not be inspected or disclosed.]
(4)[F3Information is personal information if it is information about a member of the staff of the body whose accounts are being audited which] relates specifically to a particular individual and is available to the body for reasons connected with the fact—
(a)that that individual holds or has held an office or employment under that body; or
(b)that payments or other benefits in respect of an office or employment under any other person are or have been made or provided to that individual by that body.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (4)(b), payments made or benefits provided to an individual in respect of an office or employment include any payment made or benefit provided to him in respect of his ceasing to hold the office or employment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 15(3) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 160(2), 245(5); S.I. 2008/172, art. 4(g)
F2S. 15(3A) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 160(3), 245(5); S.I. 2008/172, art. 4(g)
F3Words in s. 15(4) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 160(4), 245(5); S.I. 2008/172, art. 4(g)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4S. 15 excluded (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 134(5) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art. 3