Part III U.K. Miscellaneous and Supplementary

F1 10 Form of appropriation accounts. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 10 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 9 Group 6

F2 11 Examination of appropriation accounts. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F2 S. 11 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 9 Group 6

12 Examination of accounts specified by order. U.K.

(1) Section 3 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (examination of accounts specified by Treasury minute) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted—

“(1) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine the accounts of any person or body specified by an order made by the Treasury by statutory instrument; and no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.”

(3) In subsection (2) for the words “the accountant” there shall be substituted the words “the person or body in question.”

(4) Subsections (3) and (4) shall cease to have effect.

13 Interpretation of references to Committee of Public Accounts. U.K.

(1) If at any time after the passing of this Act—

(a) the name of the Committee of Public Accounts is changed; or

(b) the functions discharged by that Committee at the passing of this Act, or functions substantially corresponding thereto, are discharged by a different Committee of the House of Commons,

references in this Act to the Committee of Public Accounts shall be construed as a reference to that Committee by its new name or, as the case may be, to the Committee for the time being discharging those functions.

(2) Any question arising under this section shall be determined by the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 13 applied (31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 155(4) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2))

C2 S. 13 applied (7.4.2005) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), ss. 40, 41(5)

C3 S. 13 applied by 1996 c. 52, Sch. 2A para. 15(8) (as inserted (14.7.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(7), Sch. 12; S.I. 2005/1814, arts. 1(2), 2(e))

C4 S. 13 applied (with modifications) (21.2.2008) by Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 (c. 2), ss. 2(11), 17(2)

C5 S. 13 applied (1.11.2011) by Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (c. 4), ss. 25(4), 29 (with Sch. 4); S.I. 2011/2576, art. 2(f)

C6 S. 13 applied (E.W.) (1.4.2012) by Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1), s. 156(2), Sch. 1 para. 16(6); S.I. 2012/969, art. 2(b)

C7 S. 13 applied (E.W.) (16.10.2015) by Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2), s. 56(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(6); S.I. 2015/1785, art. 2(o)

C8 S. 13 applied (E.W.) (22.5.2019) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3), ss. 77(2), 78(6)

14 Repeals. U.K.

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

15 Short title and commencement. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the National Audit Act 1983.

(2) F3 ... this Act shall come into force on 1st January 1984.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Words in s. 15(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 9 Group 6

F4 S. 15(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 9 Group 6