Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

203 Auditor's report on accounts.

(1) Within fourteen days after the completion of the audit the auditor shall, subject in a case where he has made an interim report to a reservation as to the question raised thereunder, report on the accounts audited and on the matters prescribed by the Secretary of State under section two hundred and seven of this Act, and shall certify on each duplicate abstract of the accounts the amount in words at length of the expenditure so audited and allowed and whether all the provisions under any enactment or statutory order with respect to the accounts have been complied with and whether he has ascertained by the audit the correctness of the accounts.

(2) The auditor shall forthwith send one duplicate abstract of the accounts to the local authority and the other duplicate abstract to the Secretary of State.

(3) In the case of a county council and of a town council of a county of a city, the auditor shall also forthwith send to the accountant within the meaning of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1946, a copy of the abstract of the accounts relating to education with a report and certificate thereon as aforesaid.