Section 139: Charity: extraordinary audit

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 · 2008 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Regulation of Social Housing — Chapter 4: Registered providers

This section applies where, in accordance with section 136(3), a charity appoints a reporting accountant to prepare a report in respect of any accounts.

The regulator may require the charity to—

cause a qualified person to audit the accounts and prepare a report on them in accordance with section 137, and
send a copy of the report to the regulator by a specified date.

A requirement under subsection (2) may be imposed only during the period of account following the period to which the accounts relate.

In this section—

  • "period of account" has the meaning given by section 135(5), and

  • "qualified person" has the meaning given by section 136(7).

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