Airports Act 1986

22 Other local authority capital controls in England and Wales.E+W+S

F1(1)—(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)It shall be the duty of the controlling authority of a public airport company to exercise their control over the company so as to ensure that the company appoints as auditors of the company only persons who, in addition to being qualified for appointment as such auditors in accordance with section 389 of the M1Companies Act 1985, are approved for appointment as such auditors by the Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales.

(6)Where the controlling authority of a public airport company are a composite authority, the duty imposed by subsection (5) is a joint duty of both or all of the constituent councils of that authority.

(7)Section 21(4) applies for the purposes of this section.