SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 Amendments relating to Audit of Accounts of Scottish Health Service Bodies

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

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Part VII of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (finance) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 13 below.

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I23

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Section 97 (establishment of Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

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for the words “Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland” there shall be substituted “Accounts Commission for Scotland”;

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F23

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F24

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F25

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F26

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F27

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F34

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F45

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7

1

Section 100 (auditor’s right of access to documents) shall be amended as follows.

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3

After subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

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In the case of a recognised fund-holding practice, the reference in subsection (1) above to documents includes a reference to documents relating to all the accounts and records of the members of the practice, whether or not relating to an allotted sum.

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13

In Schedule 8 (provisions as to the Commission), for the words “Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted “Accounts Commission for Scotland”.