Version Superseded: 01/07/2022
Point in time view as at 02/12/2019.
National Health Service Act 2006, Cross Heading: Transmission of annual accounts is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
5(1)Each NHS body that is [F1neither] a Special Health Authority [F2nor NHS Direct] must send a copy of any accounts of the body audited as mentioned in paragraph 4(2) to the Secretary of State by the specified date.E+W
F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Each [F4NHS body that is a Special Health Authority or NHS Direct] must send copies of any annual accounts prepared by it under paragraph 3—
(a)to the Secretary of State by the specified date, and
(b)to the Comptroller and Auditor General as soon as is reasonably practicable following the end of the financial year in question.
(4)The “specified date”, in relation to a financial year, means such date as the Secretary of State may direct in relation to that year.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 15 para. 5(1) substituted (26.3.2008) by Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/817), arts. 1, 6(4)(a) (with art. 10)
F2Words in Sch. 15 para. 5(1) inserted (26.3.2008) by Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/817), arts. 1, 6(4)(b) (with art. 10)
F3Sch. 15 para. 5(2) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 4 para. 125(3); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 4, 5, 7-9)
F4Words in Sch. 15 para. 5(3) substituted (26.3.2008) by Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/817), arts. 1, 6(5) (with art. 10)
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