C1C2C3C4 Part XV The Financial Services Compensation Scheme

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F2Annual plan and report

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S. 218 cross-heading substituted (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 10 para. 8 (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

218ZAF1Audit of accounts

1

The scheme manager must send a copy of its annual accounts to the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Treasury as soon as is reasonably practicable.

2

The Comptroller and Auditor General must—

a

examine, certify and report on accounts received under this section, and

b

send a copy of the certified accounts and the report to the Treasury.

3

The Treasury must lay the copy of the certified accounts and the report before Parliament.

4

The scheme manager must send a copy of the certified accounts and the report to the regulators.

5

Except as provided by section 218(4), the scheme manager is exempt from the requirements of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 (audit), and its balance sheet must contain a statement to that effect.

6

In this section “annual accounts” has the meaning given by section 471 of the Companies Act 2006.