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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | 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. |
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| Citation | 2014 c. 2 |
| Introduced by | Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Commons) Baroness Hanham (Lords) |
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| Royal assent | 30 January 2014 |
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2) is a United Kingdom act of Parliament. Its main provisions:
- abolish the Audit Commission and repeal the Audit Commission Act 1998 (section 1) [1]
- establish new arrangements for the audit and accountability of local public bodies
- ensure increases set by levying bodies are taken into account when local authorities determine whether they have set an excessive amount of council tax
- ensure local authorities comply with the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity (section 39)
- allow local residents to film, tweet and blog council meetings
- allow the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to alter the number of electors needed to trigger a parish poll
