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Notices of Amendments

given on

Thursday 31 October 2013

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Public Bill Committee

Local Audit and Accountability Bill [Lords]

Brandon Lewis

To move, That the Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clause 1,

Schedule 1, Clause 2, Schedule 2, Clauses 3 to 7, Schedule 3, Clauses 8 and 9, Schedule

4, Clauses 10 to 17, Schedule 5, Clause 18, Schedule 6, Clauses 19 to 23, Schedule 7,

Clauses 24 to 28, Schedule 8, Clause 29 to 32, Schedule 9, Clause 33, Schedule 10,

Clauses 34 and 35, Schedule 11, Clauses 36 to 42, Schedule 12, Clauses 43 and 44,

Schedule 13, Clauses 45 to 47, new Clauses, new Schedules, remaining proceedings on

the Bill.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

72

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(6)
Before this section is commenced, the Secretary of State shall, by regulations, put

into effect arrangements for relevant authorities to opt into arrangements for

national procurement of external audit.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

73

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(6)
Before this section is commenced, the Secretary of State shall, by regulations, put

into effect arrangements for integrated audit which enables auditors to work

across authorities and with the National Audit Office, where national and local

funding is being used jointly.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

74

Schedule  1,  page  32,  line  14,  at end insert—

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Local Audit and Accountability Bill-[Lords], continued

‘(2A)
The scheme would ensure that the benefit of any local government retained

earning existing immediately prior to the abolition date accrue to the local

government sector.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

75

Schedule  1,  page  32,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
Contracts currently held by the Audit Commission that last until 2017 will be

transferred to a sector-led joint procurement body.

(2B)
Audit Commission tools for the purposes of making value for money

comparisons will be transferred to the National Audit Office.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

76

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  9,  after ‘regulations’, insert ‘, but only after consultation with

such persons as may be affected by any changes,’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

77

Schedule  2,  page  38,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘30
A Local Enterprise Partnership.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

78

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  13,  after ‘accounts’, insert ‘, but only after consultation with

relevant persons as may be affected by any changes’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

79

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  39,  leave out paragraph (a).

Roberta Blackman-Woods

80

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  23,  at end insert ‘or by a procurement body of which an

authority may be a member’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

81

Schedule  4,  page  41,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(10)
Such regulations shall in particular provide that an individual shall be ineligible

to act as a member of an audit panel if that individual has any disqualifying

interest.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

82

Schedule  4,  page  41,  line  11,  leave out paragraph (c).

Roberta Blackman-Woods

83

Schedule  4,  page  41,  line  13,  after ‘may’, insert ‘after consultation with relevant

authorities’.

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Local Audit and Accountability Bill-[Lords], continued

Roberta Blackman-Woods

84

Schedule  4,  page  41,  leave out lines 23 and 24.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

85

Schedule  4,  page  42,  line  10,  leave out sub-paragraph (7).

Roberta Blackman-Woods

86

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
Before this section is commenced, the Secretary of State shall, by regulations, put

into effect arrangements for smaller authorities to opt into the national

procurement of external audit.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

87

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  30,  leave out paragraph (c).

Roberta Blackman-Woods

88

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  13,  leave out ‘year’ and insert ‘previous three years’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

89

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  14,  leave out ‘year’ and insert ‘previous three years’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

90

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  25,  at end add—

‘(6)
The value for which an authority is categorised shall be reviewed three years after

this Bill receives Royal Assent and every five years following.

(7)
The Secretary of State shall publish the conclusions of reviews undertaken in

accordance with subsection (6).’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

91

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(6)
The Secretary of State will give one year’s notice to authorities before changes to

provision made by regulations under subsection (4).’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

92

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  39,  after ‘auditor’, insert ‘except where the auditor has been

appointed for two terms served consecutively.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

93

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  19,  at end add—

‘(9)
The Secretary of State may by regulations—

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Local Audit and Accountability Bill-[Lords], continued

(a)
provide for the appointment, by a person specified by the Secretary of

State, of an auditor in relation to the audit of the accounts of a relevant

authority;

(b)
make provision about the procedure for specifying a person and for a

person’s specification to come to an end in specified circumstances;

(c)
make provision about the consequences of a person’s specification

coming to an end, including for the exercise of functions by the Secretary

of State and the transfer of the person’s rights and liabilities arising by

virtue of the regulations to the Secretary of State or another specified

person;

(d)
confer functions on a specified person, including power to specify a scale

or scales of fees to be payable by relevant authorities to which

arrangements within paragraph (a) apply;

(e)
require a specified person to consult relevant authorities, relevant

authorities of a specified description or representatives of relevant

authorities before specifying a scale or scales of fees.

(10)
Regulations under subsection (9) may, in particular—

(a)
make provision about the relevant authorities to which arrangements

within subsection (9)(a) apply, including provision for them to apply to

an authority that has opted into them or has not opted out of them;

(b)
make provision about the procedure by which an authority may opt into

or out of those arrangements;

(c)
make provision about the administration of those arrangements,

including for the making of payments in specified circumstances by the

relevant authorities to which they apply to a fund of a specified kind for

the purposes of meeting auditors’ costs of a specified kind.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

94

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  18,  at end add—

‘(9)
Where two or more relevant authorities have substantial integrated or shared

services or expenditure, auditors for each relevant authority may be instructed

under their contract to produce a joint audit or appoint one auditor as a lead

auditor.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

95

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  18,  at end add—

‘(9)
Where two or more relevant authorities have substantial integrated or shared

services or expenditure with a body audited by the National Audit Office,

arrangements may be made to produce joint audits between the relevant

authorities and the National Audit Office.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

96

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
A relevant authority must have an audit committee, which may be instructed by

the relevant authority to appoint the auditor panel to advise on the selection of the

local auditor in accordance with section (7).’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

97

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  26,  at end insert ‘and the term of appointment’.

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Local Audit and Accountability Bill-[Lords], continued

Roberta Blackman-Woods

98

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  33,  leave out paragraph (b).

Roberta Blackman-Woods

99

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  34,  leave out subsection (4).

Roberta Blackman-Woods

100

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  19,  after ‘auditor’, insert ‘, Police Commissioner’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

101

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  17,  leave out ‘any’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

102

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  19,  leave out ‘any’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

103

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  13,  leave out subsection (11).

Brandon Lewis

104

Schedule  9,  page  72,  line  28,  leave out paragraph (f) and insert—

‘(f)
a health and social care body mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of

section 1(5) of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern

Ireland) 2009.’.

Brandon Lewis

105

Schedule  10,  page  75,  line  34,  leave out paragraph 10 and insert—

‘10
In section 25(2) (coordination of inspections: persons to whom the section

applies), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)
an inspector or assistant inspector appointed under section

10(1) or (2);”’.

Brandon Lewis

106

Schedule  12,  page  88,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘50A (1)
Section 100 (exercise of powers by reference to authorities’ performance

categories) is amended as follows.

      (2)
Omit subsections (1) and (2).

      (3)
In subsection (3), for “those powers” substitute “certain powers”.

      (4)
Omit subsections (4) to (8).’.

Brandon Lewis

107

Schedule  12,  page  88,  line  33,  leave out paragraph 58 and insert—

‘58(1)
Section 62 (co-operation) is amended as follows.

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Local Audit and Accountability Bill-[Lords], continued

      (2)
Omit paragraph (b).

      (3)
In the heading (in its original form and as substituted by paragraph 61(3) of

Schedule 4 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013) omit “, Audit

Commission”.’.

Brandon Lewis

108

Schedule  12,  page  89,  line  3,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

‘(a)
at the end of paragraph (a) insert “and”,’.

Brandon Lewis

109

Schedule  12,  page  89,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(aa)
in paragraph (b) omit “in the case of an order containing a scheme

within paragraph 1(1)(a),”, and’.

Brandon Lewis

110

Schedule  12,  page  89,  line  8,  leave out ‘to the Auditor General for Wales by’ and

insert ‘in accordance with’.

Brandon Lewis

111

Schedule  12,  page  99,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(za)
section 95(4) of the Traffic Management Act 2004;’.

Brandon Lewis

112

Schedule  12,  page  99,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(ba)
section 31(2) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006;’.

Brandon Lewis

113

Schedule  12,  page  99,  line  27,  after ‘of’ insert ‘and paragraph 5(6) of Schedule 14

to’.



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