Response To Audit

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Amendments made: No.16, in page 7, line 40, leave out 'as soon as practicable'.

No.17, in page 7, line 42, at end insert—

?()A statement required by subsection (3) shall be prepared—

(a) before the end of the period of 30 working days starting with the day on which the authority receives the report,or

(b) if the report specifies a shorter period starting with that day, before the end of that period.'.

No.18, in page 8, line 5, leave out 'as soon as practicable' and insert—

'(a) before the end of the period of 30 working days starting with the day on which the authority receives the report, or

(b) if the report specifies a shorter period starting with that day, before the end of that period.

() For the purposes of this section a working day is a day other that—
(a) a Saturday or a Sunday,
(b) Christmas Day or Good Friday, or
(c) a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales.'— [Mr.Meale.]

Volume 328: debated on Wednesday 24 March 1999