HC Deb 17 July 1972 vol 841 cc327-8

REGULATIONS AS TO ACCOUNTS

Amendments made: No. 373, in page 104, line 22, after 'the', insert: 'publication of information relating to and the form'.)

No. 374, in page 104, line 23, leave out from 'to' to end of line 24 and insert: 'audit under this Part of this Act (including extraordinary audit under section 163 above) and any such regulations may include provision with respect to'.

No. 375, in page 104, line 27, leave out 'and inspection of the accounts' and insert: 'of such accounts of any body at the offices of the body or any other place'.

No. 376, in page 104, line 29, leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

  1. (c) the exercise of any rights of inspection of objection conferred by this Act in relation to the accounts of any body and any auditor's report thereon, and the steps to be taken for informing local government electors for the area of that body of those rights;
  2. (d) the provision by bodies whose accounts are being audited of information for the purpose of determining the fee payable for the audit.

No. 377, in page 104, line 33, leave out 'regulations under this section' and insert 'provision of regulations under this section, the contravention of which is declared by the regulations to be an offence'.

No. 995, in page 104, line 40, at end add: '(4) Any expenses incurred by an auditor in connection with proceedings in respect of an offence under subsection (2) above alleged to have been committed in relation to the accounts of any body shall, so far as not recovered from any other source, be recoverable from that body'.—[Mr. Speed.]

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