http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/46Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009An Act to make provision for the purposes of promoting public involvement in relation to local authorities and other public authorities; to make provision about bodies representing the interests of tenants; to make provision about local freedoms and honorary titles; to make provision about the procedures of local authorities, their powers relating to insurance and the audit of entities connected with them; to establish the Local Government Boundary Commission for England and to make provision relating to local government boundary and electoral change; to make provision about local and regional development; to amend the law relating to construction contracts; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-06-28Expert Participation2024-05-07 Part 2Local authorities: governance and auditChapter 3Audit of entities connected with local authorities<Emphasis>Public interest reports</Emphasis>Codes of practice461. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A code of practice under section 10 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 must include provision prescribing the way in which persons appointed under this Chapter by the Auditor General for Wales are to carry out their functions under section 45.5A person so appointed must, in the exercise of their functions under section 45, comply with such provision of such a code as is for the time being in force.Words in s. 46(4) substituted (1.4.2014) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), s. 35(2), Sch. 4 para. 90 (with Sch. 3 para. 3); S.I. 2013/1466, art. 3(1)S. 46(1)-(3) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 108; S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x) (with Sch. para. 10) (as amended (27.6.2016) by S.I. 2016/675, art. 2)
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