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The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2017

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The effect of this Order is to require the Comptroller and Auditor General (“C&AG”) to audit the accounts of—

(a)the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation for the financial years ending on and after 31st March 2017,

(b)the Housing Ombudsman for the financial years ending on and after 31st March 2017, and

(c)the companies mentioned in article 4 for the financial years beginning on and after 1st April 2016.

Schedule 1 makes amendments to primary and secondary legislation for the following purposes—

(a)to give full effect to the requirements that the C&AG audit the accounts of the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation and the Housing Ombudsman for the financial years ending on and after 31st March 2017, and

(b)to repeal and revoke all legislation which requires the accounts of the bodies listed in Schedule 2 to this Order to be audited by the C&AG.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument because no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

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