Part 2 E+W Local authorities: governance and audit

Prospective

Chapter 3 E+W Audit of entities connected with local authorities

General E+W

53 Regulations E+W

(1) Regulations under section [F1 36(5)(b)] may provide for any expression used in formulating a condition specified in the regulations to have the meaning for the time being given by a relevant document identified in the regulations.

(2) In subsection (1), “relevant document”—

(a) means a document that (at the time the regulations are made) is a document identified for the purposes of section 21(2)(b) of the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26) by regulations made under that provision, and

(b) includes a document so identified by virtue of section 21(5) of that Act.

(3) Regulations under this Chapter must be made by statutory instrument.

F2 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Chapter F3 ... is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 53(1) substituted (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 112(2); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x) (with Sch. para. 10) (as amended (27.6.2016) by S.I. 2016/675, art. 2)

F2 S. 53(4) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 112(3); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x) (with Sch. para. 10) (as amended (27.6.2016) by S.I. 2016/675, art. 2)

F3 Words in s. 53(5) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 112(4); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x) (with Sch. para. 10) (as amended (27.6.2016) by S.I. 2016/675, art. 2)