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[F1(1)The following bodies that is to say—
(a)every Health Board;
(b)the Agency; and
(c)every NHS trust,]
shall keep, in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, direct, accounts of all moneys received or paid out by them, and those accounts shall be audited [F2by auditors appointed by the Secretary of State][F2in accordance with Part VII of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 by auditors appointed by the Accounts Commission for Scotland]; and the Comptroller and Auditor General may examine all such accounts and any records relating thereto and any report of the auditor thereof.
[F3(1A)So far as relates to allotted sums paid to the members of a recognised fund-holding practice—
(a)accounts shall be kept in such form as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury direct and shall be audited [F4by auditors appointed by the Secretary of State][F4in accordance with Part VII of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 by auditors appointed by the Accounts Commission for Scotland];
(b)the Comptroller and Auditor General may examine the accounts and the records relating to them and any report of the auditor on them;
(c)in respect of each financial year, annual accounts in such form as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury direct shall be prepared and submitted to the relevant Health Board; and
(d)in respect of each financial year, each Health Board shall prepare, in such form as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury direct, and include in its own accounts, a summarised version of the accounts submitted to the Board under paragraph (c).
(1B)In preparing its annual accounts in pursuance of subsection (1), an NHS trust shall comply with any directions given by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury as to—
(a)the methods and principles according to which the accounts are to be prepared; and
(b)the information to be given in the accounts.]
[F5(1C)In such circumstances and to such extent as regulations made by the Secretary of State so provide, the requirement in subsection (1A)(a) to have accounts audited shall not apply to the accounts for any year of a recognised fund-holding practice if those accounts are submitted to a Health Board and summarised in the Board’s accounts.]
[F6(2)Regulations may make provision generally with respect to the audit of accounts under [F7subsection (1)][F7subsections (1) and (1A)] and, in particular, for conferring on the auditor of any of those accounts such rights of access to, and production of, books, accounts, vouchers or other documents as may be specified in the regulations, and such right in such conditions as may be so specified to require from any member or officer, or former member or officer, of a [F8Health Board or the Agency][F8body mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) or a recognised fund holding practice] such information relating to the affairs of the [F9Board or the Agency][F9body or practice] as the Secretary of State may think necessary for the proper performance of the duty of the auditor.]
(3)Every [F10body mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1)] shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary of State in respect of each financial year accounts in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, direct.
(4)The Secretary of State shall prepare in respect of each financial year, in such form as the Treasury may direct, summarised accounts of the [F11bodies mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1)], and shall transmit them on or before 30th November in each year to the Comptroller and Auditor General, who shall examine and certify them and lay a copy of them, together with his report thereon, before each House of Parliament.
[F12(5)In this section “recognised fund-holding practice” and “allotted sum” have the same meaning as in section 87B.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 86(1)(a)(b)(c) substituted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 36(2)(3)
F2Words commencing “in accordance with Part VII" substituted (prosp.) for words commencing “by auditors appointed" by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), ss. 36(1), 67(2), Sch. 7 para. 14(2)
F3S. 86(1A)(1B) inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 36(2)(4)
F4Words beginning “in accordance" substituted (prosp.) for words beginning “by auditors" by National Healh Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), ss. 36(1), 67(2), Sch. 7 para. 14(2)
F5Subsection (1C) inserted (prosp.) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), ss. 36(1), 67(2), Sch. 7 para. 14(3)
F6S. 86(2) repealed (prosp.) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), ss. 36(1), 66(2), 67(2), Sch. 7 para. 14(4), Sch. 10
F7Words “subsections (1) and (1A)" substituted (temp. from 17.9.1990 to 31.3.1995) for words “subsection (1)" by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 36(5)(a); S.I. 1990/1793, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F8Words commencing “body mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c)" substituted (temp. from 17.9.1990 to 31.3.1995) for words “Health Board or the Agency" by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 36(5)(b); S.I. 1990/1793, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F9Words “body or practice" substituted (temp. from 17.9.1990 to 31.3.1995) for words “Board or the Agency" by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 36(5)(c); S.I. 1990/1793, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F10Words substituted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 36(6)
F11Words substituted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 36(7)
F12S. 86(5) added by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 36(8)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 85B, 86 applied (1.4.1991) by S.I. 1990/2639, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I
C2S. 86 extended by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), ss. 2(8)(c), 17(2), 91(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(e)
C3S. 86 applied (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/577, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I(with art. 6)
S. 86 applied (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/574, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 6)
C4S. 86(1A)(a) excluded (7.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2469, reg. 2
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