(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005.
(2) In this Order, β the Act β (β y Ddeddf β) means the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004.
(3) References to sections and Schedules are, unless otherwise stated, references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act.
S.I. 2005/558 (W.)
The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/558 (W.))
This Order largely completes the bringing into force, in England and Wales, of the provisions of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (βthe Actβ).
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(1) The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order come into force on 1 April 2005.
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above come into force for the purposes specified in the second column of the Schedule to this Order.
Schedule 2 to this Order has effect for the purposes of making transitional provisions and savings in relation to the provisions to which they refer.
Schedules
SCHEDULE 2 β Transitional Provisions and Savings
Despite the coming into force of section 7 and Schedule 4, section 93(3) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 is to continue to have effect, as if it had not been repealed by the Act, in so far as it relates to fees for auditing the accounts of the Assembly prepared in respect of any financial year beginning before 1 April 2005.
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies despiteβ
(a) the coming into force of section 67 and paragraphs 35, 36 and 38(3) of Schedule 2, and
(b) the repeal, by Schedule 4, of the words βor the National Assembly for Walesβ in section 52(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 .
(2) The power of the Assembly to make regulations under sections 27 and 52(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 is to remain in force, in relation to accounts or statements of accounts prepared in respect of any financial year beginning before 1 April 2005.
Sch 2 para 3Audit Commission Act 1998: provisions concerning recovery of amounts not accounted forOpen β
Despite the coming into force of subsections (1) and (2) of section 69 and of paragraph 38(3) of Schedule 2β
(a) section 2 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 is to continue to apply to the accounts of a local government body in Wales (other than a police authority for a police area in Wales) for the purposes of β
(i) section 16(1)(a) of that Act, to the extent that that provision is saved by sub-paragraph (c); and
(ii) section 18 of that Act, to the extent that that section is saved by sub-paragraph (b);
(b) section 18 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 is to remain in forceβ
(i) in so far it relates to accounts of a local government body in Wales (other than a police authority for a police area in Wales) prepared in respect of a financial year beginning before 1 April 2005; and
(ii) so that the function of an auditor under subsection (1) of that section is to be exercisable only in relation to a matter in respect of which a local government elector has made an objection under section 16(1)(a) of that Act;
(c) the rights of a local government elector under section 16(1)(a) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to attend before an auditor and make objections are to remain in force in so far as β
(i) the objection relates to any matter in respect of which an auditor could take action under section 18(1) of that Act, as saved by sub-paragraph (b);
(ii) the accounts in question are accounts of a local government body in Wales (other than a police authority for a police area in Wales); and
(iii) the accounts in question were prepared in respect of a financial year beginning before 1 April 2005.
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- S.I. 2005/558 (W.)
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