The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (c. 4) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provides a statutory footing for the already-established Office for Budget Responsibility, and requires the treasury to set out its approach to fiscal policy in a Charter for Budget Responsibility. It also sets out a new structure for the National Audit Office and repeals the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2010.
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| Long title |
An Act to make provision for a Charter for Budget Responsibility and for the publication of Financial Statements and Budget Reports; to establish the Office for Budget Responsibility; to make provision about the Comptroller and Auditor General and to establish a body corporate called the National Audit Office; to amend Schedules 5 and 7 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 in relation to the Auditor General for Wales; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 2011 c 4 |
| Introduced by | Justine Greening, Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Commons) Lord Sassoon, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lords) |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 March 2011 |
| Commencement | 23 March 2011; 4 April 2011[1] |
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| Relates to | Fiscal Responsibility Act 2010 |
Status: Amended | |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard, at TheyWorkForYou | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
It was introduced in the House of Lords by the Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Lord Sassoon, on behalf of the Government, and it received Royal Assent on 22 March 2011.
Office for Budget Responsibility
editThe Office for Budget Responsibility was initially constituted in shadow form by the Conservative party opposition in December 2009.[2] It was then formally created by the new government after the general election in May 2010, before being put on a statutory footing by this Act.
The OBR provides independent economic forecasts as background to the preparation of the UK budget.[3]
References
edit- ^ The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Commencement No.1) Order 2011 SI 2011/892
- ^ "Conservatives launch Office for Budget Responsibility". BBC News website. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ "Osborne to give details of £6bn spending cuts next week". BBC News website. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2011.