The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Health Service Bodies) Order 2004

Audit Commission Act 1998

2.  In Schedule 2 to the Audit Commission Act 1998(1) (accounts subject to audit), for paragraph 1A substitute—

(1A) But section 2 does not apply to accounts of—

(a)a Special Health Authority established as at 1st April 2003, in respect of a financial year ending on or after 31st March 2004,

(b)the Dental Practice Board, in respect of a financial year ending on or after 31st March 2004,

(c)NHSU and NHS Professionals Special Health Authority, in respect of a financial year ending on or after 31st March 2004,

(d)NHS Direct and NHS Pensions Agency, in respect of a financial year ending on or after 31st March 2005.

(1)

1998 c. 18; paragraph 1A was inserted by S.I. 2003/1324, Article 2(2) and Schedule 2, paragraph 2.