Audit Commission Act 1998 (repealed)

36 Studies at request of educational bodies. E+W

(1) The Commission may promote or undertake studies designed to improve economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the management or operations of a body in the first column in the Table below if requested to do so by the body (or one of the bodies) specified in relation to it in the second column—

Subject of study	Requesting body
A higher education funding council.	The council.
The governing body of an institution within the higher education sector.	The governing body or the higher education funding council.
A funding agency under Part I of the M1 Education Act 1994.	The agency.
The governing body of an institution receiving financial support under Part I of the Education Act 1994.	The governing body or the appropriate funding agency.
[F1 The Learning and Skills Council for England.	F1 The council.]
[F1 The National Council for Education and Training for Wales.	F1 The council.]
F2 . . .	F2 . . .
The governing body of an institution within the further education sector.	The governing body [F3 , the Learning and Skills Council for England or the National Council for Education and Training for Wales]
F4 . . .	. . .
F4 . . .	. . .
F4 . . .	. . .

(2) The Commission may, at the request of a higher education funding councilF5 . . . , give the council advice in connection with the discharge of the council’s functions under section 124B(2)(b) of the M2 Education Reform Act 1988 or paragraph 18(2)(b) of Schedule 7 to that Act.

(3) The Commission may, at the request of a higher education [F6 corporation or further education corporation]—

(a) advise them in connection with the appointment of persons to audit their accounts; and

(b) arrange for their accounts for any financial year to be audited by such of the Commission’s officers as the corporation F7 . . . may appoint.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) “higher education corporation” and “further education corporation” have the same meaning as in the M3 Further and Higher Education Act 1992, and

(b) references to the accounts of a higher education corporation include references to any statement of accounts prepared by the corporation under paragraph 18 of Schedule 7 to the Education Reform Act 1988.

(5) The Commission shall charge the body at whose request any services are provided under this section such fees as will cover the full cost of providing them.

(6) This section shall be construed as one with the M4 Education Act 1996; and references in any enactment to the Education Acts include a reference to this section.

Textual Amendments

F1 Entries in s. 36(1) inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, s. 149, Sch. 9 para. 73(2); S.I. 2001/654, art. 2 Sch. Pt. II (with art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I

F2 Entry in s. 36(1) repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, ss. 153, 154, Sch. 11; S.I. 2001/654, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II (with art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with art. 3)

F3 Words in entry in s. 36(1) substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, s. 149, Sch. 9 para. 73(3); S.I. 2001/654, art. 2 Sch. Pt. II (with art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I

F4 Words in s. 36(1) repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(3), Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F5 Words in s. 36(2) repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, ss. 149, 153, 154, Sch. 9 para. 73(4), Sch. 11; S.I. 2001/654, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II (with art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 3)

F6 Words in s. 36(3) substituted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 225 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F7 Words in s. 36(3)(b) repealed by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 225(b), Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1994 c. 30.

M2 1988 c. 40.

M3 1992 c. 13.

M4 1996 c. 56.