The Local Government (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 151 (C. 10)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Local Government (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

22nd March 2006

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(2) and (3) of the Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005(1).

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006.

(2) In this Order “the 2005 Order” means the Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the 2005 Order specified in the Schedule shall be 1st April 2006.

Savings

3.  Articles 3(1), 6 and 9 to 24 shall not have effect in relation to the audit of accounts of local government bodies for financial years beginning before the 1st April 2006.

4.  The amendments made by Article 28 of, and the repeals in Schedule 1 to, the 2005 Order shall not have effect in relation to the accounts of local government bodies for financial years beginning before the 1st April 2006.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 22nd March 2006.

L.S.

John Ritchie

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Article 2

SCHEDULE Provisions coming into operation on 1st April 2006

Provisions of the Order	Subject matter
Article 3	audit of accounts of councils, etc.
Article 4 paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (5)	local government auditors
Article 6	general duties of local government auditors
Article 7	auditors' right to documents and information
Article 8	audit fees
Article 9	immediate and other reports in the public interest
Article 10	general report
Article 11	transmission and consideration of Article 9 reports
Article 12	consideration of reports or recommendations
Article 13	publicity for meeting under Article 12
Article 14	additional publicity for immediate report
Article 15	additional publicity for non-immediate report
Article 16	inspection of statements of accounts and auditors' reports
Article 17	inspection of documents and questions at audit
Article 18	right to make objections at audit
Article 19	declaration that item of accounts is unlawful
Article 20	recovery of amount not accounted for, etc.
Article 21	power of auditor to apply for judicial review
Article 22	extraordinary audits and inspections
Article 23	provision for the audit of accounts of officers
Article 24	regulations as to accounts and audit
Article 25	certification of claims, returns, etc.
Article 26	studies for improving economy, efficiency and effectiveness
Article 27	restriction on disclosure of information
Article 28	amendments and repeals
Article 29	powers of district councils in relation to emergencies
Schedule 1	repeals

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order brings into operation on 1st April 2006 the provisions of the Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (the 2005 Order) listed in the Schedule.

Articles 3 and 4 make savings for the accounts of local government bodies for financial years beginning before the 1st April 2006.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the 2005 Order have been brought into operation by a Commencement Order made before the date of this Order.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
Article 4(3), 5, 30, 31, 32, 34 and Schedule 2	1st November 2005	S.R. 2005 No. 465

(1)

S.I. 2005/1968 (NI 18)