218.The White Paper Modern Local Government: In Touch with the People(13) set out proposals to repeal the existing surcharge provisions contained within sections 17 and 18 of the Audit Commission Act 1998; these provisions enable the auditor to surcharge councillors for recovery of unlawful items of expenditure. It also suggested replacing the current system of prohibition orders (set out in sections 20 to 23 of the 1998 Act) with advisory notices.
Introduction Surcharge etc