Audit Commission Act 1998

Audit Commission Act 1998[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate Part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 and other enactments relating to the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England and Wales.
Citation1998 c. 18
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent11 June 1998
Commencement11 September 1998[c]
Repealed1 April 2015[d]
Other legislation
Amends
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byLocal Audit and Accountability Act 2014
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Audit Commission Act 1998 (c. 18) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the Audit Commission for local authorities and the National Health Service in England and Wales.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 54(3) of the act repealed 31 enactments and revoked 1 instrument, listed in schedule 5 to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1982 c. 32 Local Government Finance Act 1982 Sections 11 to 36.
Section 38(5) and (6).
Schedule 3.
Schedule 5.
In Schedule 6, Part IV.
1983 c. 29 Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983 In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Local Government Finance Act 1982.
1984 c. 32 London Regional Transport Act 1984 In Schedule 6, paragraph 26.
1985 c. 9 Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Local Government Finance Act 1982.
1985 c. 43 Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 In Schedule 2, paragraph 7.
1985 c. 51 Local Government Act 1985 Section 63(6).
Section 72(3).
1985 c. 67 Transport Act 1985 In Schedule 3, paragraph 8.
In Schedule 7, paragraph 22.
1988 c. 4 Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 Section 17(10) and (12).
1988 c. 9 Local Government Act 1988 Section 30.
Schedule 4.
1988 c. 33 Criminal Justice Act 1988 In Schedule 11, paragraph 8.
1988 c. 40 Education Reform Act 1988 Section 220.
1988 c. 41 Local Government Finance Act 1988 In Schedule 12, paragraph 3.
1989 c. 42 Local Government and Housing Act 1989 In section 11(1), the words "section 17 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 or".
In section 66(5)(b), the words from "Part III" to "and".
Section 184(2).
1990 c. 19 National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 Section 20(1) and (3) to (8).
Schedule 4.
1991 c. 15 Local Government Finance (Publicity for Auditors' Reports) Act 1991 The whole act.
1992 c. 13 Further and Higher Education Act 1992 In Schedule 8, paragraph 51.
1992 c. 19 Local Government Act 1992 Sections 1 to 7.
In section 28, the definitions of "the 1982 Act", "the Audit Commission" and "auditor", and subsection (2).
Section 29(1).
Section 30(2).
1993 c. 47 Probation Service Act 1993 In Schedule 3, paragraph 6.
1994 c. 29 Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 In Schedule 4, paragraphs 25 to 28.
1994 c. 30 Education Act 1994 In Schedule 2, paragraph 8(1) and (5).
1995 c. 17 Health Authorities Act 1995 In Schedule 1, paragraph 106.
1995 c. 25 Environment Act 1995 In Schedule 7, paragraph 19.
1995 c. x London Local Authorities Act 1995 In Part I of the Schedule, the words "Local Government Finance Act 1982: section 16."
1996 c. 10 Audit (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 Sections 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
1996 c. 16 Police Act 1996 In Schedule 7, paragraph 1(2)(s).
1996 c. 18 Employment Rights Act 1996 In Schedule 1, paragraphs 19 and 45(3)(a).
1996 c. 52 Housing Act 1996 In Schedule 3, paragraph 2.
1996 c. 56 Education Act 1996 In Schedule 37, paragraph 78.
1997 c. 44 Education Act 1997 In Schedule 7, paragraph 5.
1997 c. 47 Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 Section 6.
In Schedule 1, paragraph 1.
1997 c. 50 Police Act 1997 In Schedule 6, paragraphs 19 to 22.
SI 1991/724 High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 In the Schedule, in Part I, the entry relating to the Local Government Finance Act 1982.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1(2) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, which came into force on 1 April 2015.[e][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 55(1).
  2. ↑ Section 55(3).
  3. ↑ Section 55(2).
  4. ↑ The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2015 (SI 2015/841).
  5. ↑ The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2015 (SI 2015/841).

References

  1. ↑ Kelly, Josie (2003). "The Audit Commission guiding, steering and regulating local government". Public Administration. 81 (3): 459–476.
  2. ↑ "Audit Commission Act 1998", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1998 c. 18
  3. ↑ "Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2014 c. 2