Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 31 E+W+S Urban Development Corporations: Finance etc.

Part III E+W+S General Accounts etc.

Audit E+W+S

[F1 10B. (1) The Ebbsfleet Development Corporation shall send a copy of its accounts and statement of accounts for each financial year ending on or after 31st March 2018 to the Comptroller and Auditor General as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of that year. E+W+S

(2) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on the accounts and statement received under sub-paragraph (1).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 31 para. 10B inserted (21.12.2017) by The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1313), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(b)

11 (1) [F2 The accounts and statements of accounts of a corporation to which paragraph [F3 10B] does not apply] shall be audited by an auditor to be appointed annually by the Secretary of State in relation to the corporation. E+W+S

[F4 (2) A person shall not be appointed under sub-paragraph (1) unless he is eligible for appointment as a [F5 statutory auditor under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006].]

(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment under sub-paragraph (1) above if the person is—

(a) a member, officer or servant of the corporation, [F6 ; or]

(b) a partner of, or employed by, a member, officer or servant of the corporation, or

[F7 (c) a body corporate of which a member, officer or servant of the corporation is a director or officer.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 31 para. 11(1) substituted (23.3.2005) by The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/913), arts. 1, 2(4)

F3 Word in Sch. 31 para. 11(1) substituted (21.12.2017) by The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1313), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(c)

F4 Sch. 31, para. 11(2) substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/1997, reg. 2, Sch. para. 37(a) (with reg. 4)

F5 Words in Sch. 31 para. 11(2) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(v) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)

F6 Word in Sch. 31, para. 11(3)(a) added (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/1997, reg. 2, Sch. para. 37(b)(i) (with reg. 4)

F7 Sch. 31, para. 11(3)(c) substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/1997, reg. 2, Sch. para. 37(b)(ii) (with reg. 4)