Charities Act 1993 (repealed)

44 Supplementary provisions relating to audits etc. E+W

(1) The [F1 Minister] may by regulations make provision—

(a) specifying one or more bodies for the purposes of section 43(2)(b) above;

(b) with respect to the duties of an auditor carrying out an audit under section 43[F2 , 43A or 43B] above, including provision with respect to the making by him of a report on—

(i) the statement of accounts prepared for the financial year in question under section 42(1) above, or

(ii) the account and statement so prepared under section 42(3) above,[F3 or

(iii) the accounts so prepared under [F4 section 394 of the Companies Act 2006] (duty to prepare individual accounts),]

as the case may be;

[F5 (c) with respect to the making of a report—

(i) by an independent examiner in respect of an examination carried out by him under section 43 above; or

(ii) by an examiner in respect of an examination carried out by him under section 43A or 43B above;]

(d) conferring on such an auditor or on an independent examiner [F6 or examiner] a right of access with respect to books, documents and other records (however kept) which relate to the charity concerned;

(e) entitling such an auditor or an independent examiner [F6 or examiner] to require, in the case of a charity, information and explanations from past or present charity trustees or trustees for the charity, or from past or present officers or employees of the charity;

(f) enabling [F7 the Commission], in circumstances specified in the regulations, to dispense with the requirements of section 43(2) or (3) above in the case of a particular charity or in the case of any particular financial year of a charity.

(2) If any person fails to afford an auditor or an independent examiner [F8 or examiner] any facility to which he is entitled by virtue of subsection (1)(d) or (e) above, [F9 the Commission] may by order give—

(a) to that person, or

(b) to the charity trustees for the time being of the charity concerned,

such directions as [F10 the Commission thinks] appropriate for securing that the default is made good.

F11 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 44(1) substituted (13.12.2006) by Transfer of Functions (Third Sector, Communities and Equality) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2951), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(s)

F2 Words in s. 44(1)(b) inserted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 137(2)(a); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

F3 S. 44(1)(b)(iii) and word inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Charities Act 2006 (Charitable Companies Audit and Group Accounts Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/527), arts. 1(2), 3

F4 Words in s. 44(1)(b)(iii) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 192(5) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)

F5 S. 44(1)(c) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 137(2)(b); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

F6 Words in s. 44(1)(d)(e) inserted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 137(2)(c); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

F7 Words in s. 44(1)(f) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 137(2)(d); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

F8 Words in s. 44(2) inserted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 137(3)(a); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

F9 Words in s. 44(2) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 137(3)(b); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

F10 Words in s. 44(2) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 137(3)(c); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

F11 S. 44(3) repealed (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 137(4), Sch. 9; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.