Accounts and audit2

Part II of the 1998 Act (accounts and audit of public bodies) shall apply to the Authority as if—

a

the reference in section 2(2) to the accounts mentioned in Schedule 2 included the accounts of the Authority;

b

in section 104:

i

in subsection (2), after the words “the Mayor of London”, there were added the words “and (in the case of the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority) to the Lord Chancellor”;

ii

subsections (5) and (6) were omitted;

c

in section 11(8), the reference to section 101 of the 1972 Act were a reference to section 30C(1) and (2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 19975;

d

in section 12:

i

subsections (1), (2)(b), (3) and (4) were omitted; and

ii

in subsection (2)(a), the reference to the meeting were a reference to a meeting held for the purposes of section 11;

e

in section 176:

i

in subsection (1)(b), the reference to the Secretary of State were a reference to the Lord Chancellor;

ii

in subsection (7), there were added a new paragraph (h) as follows:

h

the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority.

f

in section 18(1)(a), the reference to the Secretary of State were a reference to the Lord Chancellor;

g

in section 25(2), the reference to the Secretary of State were a reference to the Lord Chancellor and the reference to a body subject to audit were a reference to the Authority.