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" (ba) The Greater London Authority;

(bb) a functional body;

(bc) the London Pensions Fund Authority;"[6].

    (3) There is inserted after sub-paragraph (h) - 

" (ha) the Greater London Magistrates Courts Authority."[7].

    (4) Sub-paragraph (k) is omitted.

Summary statement of accounts - Greater London Authority
     4. After regulation 6 of the 1996 Regulations there is inserted - 

" Summary statement of accounts - Greater London Authority
     6A. The summary statement of accounts which the Greater London Authority ("the Authority") is required to prepare by section 134 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999[8] shall be prepared in accordance with proper practices and shall include - 


(a) a summary of the income and expenditure of the Authority;

(b) a summary of the income and expenditure of each of the functional bodies and the London Pensions Fund Authority;

(c) a summary of the capital expenditure of the Authority; and

(d) a summary of the capital expenditure of each of the functional bodies and the London Pensions Fund Authority."

Other Accounting Statements
     5. In regulation 7 of the 1996 regulations, in paragraphs (3) and (4), for "£5000" substitute "£50,000".

Publication of Annual Audit Letter
     6. After Regulation 16 of the 1996 Regulations there is inserted - 

" Publication of Annual Audit Letter
     16A. As soon as reasonably possible after it is received a relevant body shall - 


(a) publish the annual audit letter[9] received from the auditor; and

(b) keep copies available for purchase by any person on payment of such sum as the relevant body may reasonably require."

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions


Alan Whitehead
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

25th September 2001

[2] 1999 c. 29back

[3] S.I. 1996/590back

[4] Local probation boards are established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43).back

[5] Regulation 6 is amended by the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounts) (England Regulations 2000) (S.I. 2000/3237).back

[6] The Greater London Authority and the functional bodies were established by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) ("the 1999 Act") see section 1 and the definition of "functional body" in section 424. See also the definition of "functional body" inserted in section 53(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 by the 1999 Act, Schedule 8, paragraph 12(2). The London Pensions Fund Authority was established by the London Government Reorganisation (Pensions etc) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1815). The Greater London Authority, functional bodies and the London Pensions Fund Authority were made bodies subject to audit by section 133(1) of the 1999 Act.back

[7] The Greater London Magistrates Courts Authority was established under section 30A(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (inserted by section 83(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)). The Authority was made a body subject to audit by the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/734).back

[8] Section 134(6) of the Greater London Authority Act applies section 27 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to summary statements of account required to be prepared under that section.back

[9] See paragraphs 29 to 34 of the Code of Audit Practice prepared in accordance with section 4 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 and published by the Audit Commission in March 2000.back

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