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- S.I. 2009/2858 art. 3 commences (1996 c. 31)
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F1Sch. 2 para. 7 repealed (11.9.1998) by 1998 c. 18, ss. 54(3), 55(2), Sch. 5
7SIn section 18 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982, in subsection (5) (auditor’s report to be supplied to members and newspapers) after the word “excluded” there shall be inserted “(a)” and at the end of that subsection there shall be added the following words, that is to say—
“or under section 100B(7) of the 1972 Act (which makes similar provision); or
(b)from the documents open to inspection by members of the public under section 100B(1) of the 1972 Act (agenda and reports open to the public before a meeting);
and Part VA of the 1972 Act shall have effect in relation to the report as if in section 100C(a)(d) 1of that Act (by virtue of which only so much of a report as relates to proceedings open to the public is open to public inspection after the meeting) the words ”so much of’ and from ”as relates’ onwards were omitted.
(6)In subsection (5) above, ”the 1972 Act’ means the Local Government Act 1972.”
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