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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/section/6A</dc:identifier><dc:title>Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for and in connection with the abolition of the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England; to make provision about the accounts of local and certain other public authorities and the auditing of those accounts; to make provision about the appointment, functions and regulation of local auditors; to make provision about data matching; to make provision about examinations by the Comptroller and Auditor General relating to English local and other public authorities; to make provision about the publication of information by smaller authorities; to make provision about compliance with codes of practice on local authority publicity; to make provision about access to meetings and documents of local government bodies; to make provision about council tax referendums; to make provision about polls consequent on parish meetings; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-07-25</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-07-15</dct:valid>
					
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DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/section/6A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/2/section/6A" id="section-6A"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-dce2fcccd23494fb76c982d335eb4e31-1780590235509" CommentaryRef="key-dce2fcccd23494fb76c982d335eb4e31">6A</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/section/6A/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/2/section/6A/1" id="section-6A-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-dce2fcccd23494fb76c982d335eb4e31-1780590235509" CommentaryRef="key-dce2fcccd23494fb76c982d335eb4e31">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-dce2fcccd23494fb76c982d335eb4e31-1780590235509" CommentaryRef="key-dce2fcccd23494fb76c982d335eb4e31">The Local Audit Office must secure that there is at least one public register of individuals and firms who are (by virtue of their registration) entitled to carry out audits in accordance with this 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