Part 2Local government bodies in Wales
Chapter 1Accounts and audit
F2Public inspection etc and action by the Auditor General for Wales
29F1Inspection of statements of accounts and Auditor General for Wales' reports
1
A local government elector for the area of a local government body in Wales may—
a
at all reasonable times and without payment inspect and make a copy of any statement of accounts prepared by the body under regulations made under section 39;
b
at all reasonable times and without payment inspect and make a copy of any report (other than a report under section 22(3)) made to the body by F3the Auditor General for Wales;
c
require a copy of a statement or report falling within paragraph (a) or (b) to be delivered to him on payment of a reasonable sum for each copy.
2
A person who has custody of a document falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) commits an offence if—
a
he obstructs a person in the exercise of a right under this section to inspect or make a copy of the document, or
b
he refuses to supply a copy of the document to a person entitled to the copy under subsection (1)(c).
3
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
4
In this section references to a copy of a document include a copy of any part of it.
S. 29 crossheading substituted (1.4.2014) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), s. 35(2), Sch. 4 para. 34(4) (with Sch. 3 paras. 2, 3); S.I. 2013/1466, art. 3(1)