20[Fees in respect of functions exercised by the Auditor General for Wales]E+W
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[(A1)The Wales Audit Office must, in accordance with a scheme for charging fees prepared under section 24 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013, charge a fee in respect of functions exercised by the Auditor General for Wales—
(a)in auditing the accounts of local government bodies in Wales under this Chapter, and
(b)in undertaking studies at the request of a local government body under section 44.]
(1)[The Wales Audit Office] must prescribe a scale or scales of fees payable for one or more financial years in respect of the audit of accounts of local government bodies in Wales under this Chapter.
(2)Before prescribing a scale of fees under subsection (1) [the Wales Audit Office] must consult—
(a)any associations [of local government bodies] in Wales which appear to [the Wales Audit Office] to be concerned, and
[(b)such other persons as the Wales Audit Office thinks fit.]
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(4)A local government body in Wales must, subject to subsection (5), pay to [the Wales Audit Office] the fee payable in respect of the audit in accordance with the appropriate scale.
(5)If it appears to [the Wales Audit Office] that the work involved in a particular audit differed substantially from that envisaged by ... the appropriate scale, [the Wales Audit Office] may charge a fee which differs from that referred to in subsection (4).
[(5A)But a fee charged under this section may not exceed the full cost of exercising the function to which it relates.]
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