Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

49 Commencement

(1) The provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, subject to subsections (2) to (4).

(2) Sections 39 and 40 come into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(3) If this Act is passed before 5 February 2014, section 41 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed; otherwise that section comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(4) The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) section 43;

(b) section 44;

(c) section 46;

(d) section 48;

(e) this section;

(f) section 50.

(5) An order under this section may—

(a) appoint different days for different purposes or different areas;

(b) make transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(6) Provision under subsection (5)(b) may, in particular, enable a function of the Audit Commission under—

(a) a provision that is amended or repealed by this Act, or

(b) any of sections 139A to 139C of the Social Security Administration Act 1992,

to be exercised by a person or body, or by the persons or bodies, specified in the order for a period specified in or determined under the order.

(7) Where provision under subsection (5)(b) made by virtue of subsection (6) enables a function to be exercised by a Minister of the Crown, an order under this section may enable the Minister to delegate the exercise of that function to another person or body or other persons or bodies.

(8) An order under this section which makes provision under subsection (5)(b) by virtue of subsection (6) or (7) may in particular provide for references in an enactment to the Audit Commission to be read as references to the person or body or persons or bodies by whom the function may be exercised.

(9) Provision under subsection (5)(b) may, in particular, provide for the first local auditor appointed by a relevant authority under subsection (1) of section 7 to be appointed on a date later than that specified in that subsection.

(10) In this section “the Audit Commission” means the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England.