Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 570
Government Resources And Accounts
The Whole of Government Accounts (Specified Dates) Order 2010
Made
3rd March 2010
Laid before the House of Commons
4th March 2010
Coming into force
31st March 2010
The Treasury make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(6) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000( 1 ).
The Treasury have consulted the Comptroller and Auditor General in accordance with section 11(7) of that Act.
Title, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as The Whole of Government Accounts (Specified Dates) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 31st March 2010.
(2) In this Order—
“accounts” means the set of accounts prepared under section 9 of the Act; and
“the Act” means the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 .
Specified dates for scrutiny
2. For each financial year—
(a) the Treasury shall send accounts to the Comptroller and Auditor General by the 28th February of the financial year following that to which the accounts relate;
(b) the Comptroller and Auditor General shall send the certified accounts and the report required by section 11(3)(a) of the Act to the Treasury by the 31st October of the second financial year following that to which the accounts relate; and
(c) the Treasury shall lay the accounts and report before the House of Commons by the 31st December of the second financial year following that to which the accounts relate.
Frank Roy
Tony Cunningham
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
3rd March 2010