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(1)The accounts of a regional development agency for each accounting period shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(2)A copy of—
(a)any accounts of a regional development agency which are audited under subsection (1), and
(b)the report made on those accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General,
shall be sent to the Secretary of State as soon as reasonably practicable after the report is received by the agency; and the Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of those accounts and that report.
(3)In this section—
“accounting period” and “accounting records” have the same meanings as in section 14; and
references to accounts, in relation to a regional development agency, include any statement prepared by it under that section.
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Textual Amendments
F1Act repealed in so far as not already repealed (1.7.2012 at 0.02 a.m. except for ss. 14, 15, 17) by Public Bodies Act 2011 (c. 24), s. 38(3), Sch. 6; S.I. 2012/1662, art. 2(2)(b)
F2S. 15(4)(5) repealed (31.3.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 32; S.I. 2012/628, art. 4(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 15: transfer of functions (1.7.2012) by The Public Bodies Act 2011 (Transitional Provision) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1471), arts. 1, 2
Commencement Information
I1S. 15 wholly in force at 3.7.2000; s. 15 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43; s. 15 in force for certain purposes at 25.11.1998 by S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); s. 15 in force at 3.7.2000 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)