Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2)

SCHEDULES

Valid from 10/02/2015

SCHEDULE 12 E+W Related amendments

Valid from 01/04/2015

Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23) E+W

59 E+W The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 is amended as follows.

60 E+W Omit section 43 (co-operation with Audit Commission).

61 E+W Omit section 57 (provision of information to Audit Commission).

62 (1) Section 62 (co-operation) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) Omit paragraph (b).

(3) In the heading (in its original form and as substituted by paragraph 61(3) of Schedule 4 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3)) omit “ , Audit Commission ”.

63 (1) Section 64D (disclosure of results of data matching etc) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (2)(b) after “body”, in each place, insert “ or person ”.

(3) In subsection (3) after “bodies” insert “ and persons ”.

(4) In that subsection, for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) the Secretary of State,

(aa) the Minister for the Cabinet Office,

(ab) a local auditor within the meaning of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014,”.

(5) In subsection (4) after “body”, where it first occurs, insert “ or person ”.

(6) In subsection (6)(b) for sub-paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii) a body mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 4(12) of Schedule 9 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (“relevant NHS body”);”.

64 E+W Omit sections 69 and 70 (transitional provision: local government bodies in Wales and Welsh NHS bodies).

65 (1) Schedule 3 (transfer schemes) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In paragraph 1(1), omit paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it.

(3) In paragraph 2—

(a) at the end of paragraph (a) insert “ and ”,

(b) in paragraph (b) omit “in the case of an order containing a scheme within paragraph 1(1)(a),”, and

(c) omit paragraph (c) and the “and” preceding it.

66 (1) The amendments of Schedule 3 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 by paragraph 65 do not affect— E+W

(a) the transfers of property, rights and liabilities of the Audit Commission in accordance with a scheme under that Schedule, or

(b) the operation of that Schedule or of such a scheme in relation to those transfers.

(2) In this paragraph “the Audit Commission” means the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England.