Guide to the Legislation
The rules governing the public's rights to view and copy local authority files are profiled in this section.

England

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
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The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (England)
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The Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Act 2017
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Wales

The Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014
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Scotland

The Local Authority Accounts
(Scotland) Regulations 2014
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Northern Ireland

The Local Government (Accounts and Audit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
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Links to Council Websites
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LBC
  Barking & Dagenham FOIA link
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TfL
  Transport for London FOIA link

Metropolitan Councils

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  Birmingham FOIA link
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North East
  Gateshead FOIA link
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Unitary Councils

South West
  Bath & NE Somerset FOIA link
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  Bristol FOIA link
  Cornwall FOIA link
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South East
  Bracknell Forest FOIA link
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East
  Cambridgeshire FOIA link
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  Southend FOIA link
  Thurrock FOIA link
East Midlands
  Derby FOIA link
  Leicester FOIA link
  Nottingham FOIA link
West Midlands
  Stoke on Trent FOIA link
  Telford & Wrekin FOIA link
North West
  Blackburn & Darwen FOIA link
  Blackpool FOIA link
  Cheshire East FOIA link
  Cheshire W & Chester FOIA link
  Halton FOIA link
  Warrington FOIA link
North
  East Riding of Yorks FOIA link
  Hull FOIA link
  North Lincolnshire FOIA link
  NE Lincolnshire FOIA link
  York FOIA link
North East
  Darlington FOIA link
  Hartlepool FOIA link
  Middlesbrough FOIA link
  Redcar & Cleveland FOIA link
  Stockton on Tees FOIA link

Shire County Councils

South West
  Devon FOIA link
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  Somerset FOIA link
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South East
  Buckinghamshire FOIA link
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East
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East Midlands
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West Midlands
  Herefordshire FOIA link
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  Worcestershire FOIA link
North West
  Cumbria FOIA link
  Lancashire FOIA link
North
  North Yorkshire FOIA link

Welsh Councils

South
  Blaenau Gwent FOIA link
  Bridgend FOIA link
  Caerphilly FOIA link
  Cardiff FOIA link
  Merthyr Tydfil FOIA link
  Monmouthshire FOIA link
  Neath & Port Talbot FOIA link
  Newport FOIA link
  Rhondda Cynon Taff FOIA link
  Swansea FOIA link
  Torfaen FOIA link
  Vale of Glamorgan FOIA link
Mid
  Camathenshire FOIA link
  Ceredigion FOIA link
  Pembrokeshire FOIA link
  Powys FOIA link
North
  Anglesea FOIA link
  Conwy FOIA link
  Denbighshire FOIA link
  Flintshire FOIA link
  Gwynedd FOIA link
  Wrexham FOIA link

Scottish Councils

South
  Dumfries & Galloway FOIA link
  East Ayrshire FOIA link
  East Lothian FOIA link
  Edinburgh FOIA link
  Falkirk FOIA link
  Midlothian FOIA link
  North Ayrshire FOIA link
  Scottish Borders FOIA link
  South Ayrshire FOIA link
  South Lanarkshire FOIA link
  West Lothian FOIA link
Clyde
  Clackmananshire FOIA link
  East Dunbartonshire FOIA link
  East Renfrewshire FOIA link
  Glasgow FOIA link
  Inverclyde FOIA link
  North Lanarkshire FOIA link
  Renfrewshire FOIA link
  West Dunbartonshire FOIA link
Mid
  Angus FOIA link
  Argyll & Bute FOIA link
  Dundee FOIA link
  Fife FOIA link
  Perth & Kinross FOIA link
  Stirling FOIA link
North
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  Highland FOIA link
  Moray FOIA link
  Orkney FOIA link
  Shetland FOIA link
  Western Isles FOIA link

Northern Irish Councils

South
  Armagh Banbridge Craigavon FOIA link
  Belfast FOIA link
  Lisburn & Castlereagh FOIA link
  Newry Mourne & Down FOIA link
  North Down & Ards FOIA link
West
  Derry & Strabane FOIA link
  Fermanagh & Omagh FOIA link
  Mid Ulster FOIA link
North
  Antrim & Newtownabbey FOIA link
  Causeway Coast & Glens FOIA link
  Mid & East Antrim FOIA link

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Key Court Rulings



The Veolia and Nottinghamshire County Council court cases (2009/10)
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The ONB and Lincolnshire County Council court hearing (2005)
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The HTV and Bristol City Council court case (2004)
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Exernal Reference Materials
DCLG GUIDE TO CHECKING COUNCIL EXPENDITURE

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE GUIDE TO CHECKING COUNCIL EXPENDITURE

AUDIT SCOTLAND GUIDE TO CHECKING COUNCIL EXPENDITURE

AUDIT WALES GUIDE TO CHECKING COMMUNITY COUNCIL EXPENDITURE

AUDIT NORTHERN IRELAND GUIDE TO CHECKING COUNCIL EXPENDITURE

THE PUBLIC SECTOR AUDIT APPOINTMENTS BOARD

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