Audit Commission Act 1998 (repealed) (c. 18)

Part III E+W Studies, Performance Standards and Other Functions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. III continued (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), ss. 69(6), 73; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

Studies and related functions E+W

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
[F1 The Higher Education Funding Council for England].	The council.
The governing body of an institution [F2 in England] within the higher education sector.	The governing body or the [F3 Higher Education Funding Council for England].
[F4 The Training and Development Agency for Schools.	The agency.]
[F4 A training provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Education Act 2005) receiving financial support under section 78 of that Act from the Training and Development Agency for Schools, except where that financial support is wholly derived from grants made to the agency by the National Assembly for Wales.	The training provider or the agency.]
[F5 The Learning and Skills Council for England.	F5 The council.]
F6 . . .	F6 . . .
F7 . . .	F7 . . .
The governing body of an institution [F8 in England] within the further education sector.	The governing body [F9 , ][F10 or the Learning and Skills Council for England]
F11 . . .	. . .
F11 . . .	. . .
F11 . . .	. . .

(2) The Commission may, at the request of [F12 the Higher Education Funding Council for England] F13 . . . , give the council advice in connection with the discharge of the council’s functions under section 124B(2)(b) of the M1 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 [F14 corporation or further education corporation [F15 in England]] —

(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 F16 . . . may appoint.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) “higher education corporation” and “further education corporation” have the same meaning as in the M2 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 M3 Education Act 1996; and references in any enactment to the Education Acts include a reference to this section.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 36(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), para. 25(2)(a), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 25(1); S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F2 Words in s. 36(1) inserted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), para. 25(2)(b)(i), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 25(1); S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F3 Words in s. 36(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), para. 25(2)(b)(ii), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 25(1); S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F4 Words in s. 36(1) substituted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 18

F5 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

F6 S. 36(1) entry repealed (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), para. 25(2)(e), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 25(1), Sch. 4; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F7 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)

F8 Words in s. 36(1) inserted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), para. 25(2)(f)(i), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 25(1); S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F9 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

F10 Words in s. 36(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), para. 25(2)(f)(ii), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 25(1); S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F11 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

F12 Words in s. 36(2) substituted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 25(1)(3); S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F13 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)

F14 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

F15 Words in s. 36(3) inserted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 25(1)(4); S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F16 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 1988 c. 40.

M2 1992 c. 13.

M3 1996 c. 56.