Town and Regional Planning Act, 1934

Audit of accounts of regional planning authorities.

19.—(1) The accounts of every regional planning authority (other than the respective regional planning authorities for the Dublin planning region and the Cork planning region) shall be audited by an auditor appointed by the Minister and the following enactments, that is to say, sections 12 to 15 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1871, sub-section (2) of section 63 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, and sections 20 and 21 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902, as amended or adapted by or under any subsequent enactment shall apply to the audit and auditor of the accounts of such authorities in the same manner as such enactments as so amended or adapted apply to the audit and auditor of the accounts of the public bodies specified therein.

(2) The Minister shall from time to time as occasion requires ascertain and determine what proportion of the salary paid to the auditor appointed under this section to audit the accounts of a regional planning authority should be charged in respect of such audit, and the amount of such proportion of such salary shall be paid by such regional planning authority to the said Minister.