Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 12 (except ss. 85, 87, 90(1)(a), 92(2)(a)(ii)(4)(5)) applied (27.8.2021) by Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 8), ss. 3(3), 6(1)
C2Pt. 12 applied (27.8.2021) by Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 8), ss. 4(2), 6(1)
C3Pt. 12: power to disapply conferred (27.8.2021) by Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 8), ss. 4(1), 6(1)
C4Pt. 12: power to modify conferred (27.8.2021) by Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 8), ss. 4(1), 6(1)
99—(1) Where the local government auditor has carried out a special inspection the local government auditor must issue a report.
(2) A report—
(a)must mention any matter in respect of which the local government auditor believes as a result of the inspection that the council is failing or may fail to comply with the requirements of this Part; and
(b)may, if it mentions a matter under paragraph (a), recommend that the Department give a direction under section 100.
(3) The local government auditor—
(a)must send a copy of a report to the council concerned and the Department;
(b)if a report makes a recommendation under subsection (2)(b), must as soon as reasonably practicable arrange for the recommendation to be published; and
(c)may publish a report and any information in respect of a report.
(4) If a report states that the local government auditor believes as a result of an inspection that a council is failing to comply with the requirements of this Part, the next improvement plan prepared by the council must record—
(a)that fact; and
(b)any action taken, or to be taken, by the council as a result of the report.
Commencement Information
I1S. 99 in operation at 1.4.2015 by S.R. 2015/209, art. 2, Sch. 1