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PART 2 THE WALES AUDIT OFFICE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUDITOR GENERAL
Relationship between the Auditor General and the WAO
PART 3 TEMPORARY EXERCISE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF AUDITOR GENERAL BY ANOTHER PERSON
5.The WAO, with the agreement of the National Assembly, may...
6.A temporary designation may occur only in the following circumstances—...
7.The functions of the Auditor General referred to in paragraph...
8.A person who is designated to exercise the functions of...
9.A person who is designated to exercise those functions will...
10.But that person will be designated to exercise functions on...
11.The terms as to remuneration— (a) may provide for allowances,...
14.The duration of a temporary designation in relation to a...
Minor and consequential amendments
10.In subsection (7) of section 11 (inspectors' powers and duties),...
12.Omit section 13A (reports of inspections under section 10A).
13.In subsection (7) of section 23 (accounts), omit “or the...
14.In subsection (2) of section 25 (coordination of inspections, etc),...
16.For paragraph (b) of section 33(3) (finance), substitute—
20.The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 is amended as follows....
21.Omit section 14 (appointment of auditors) and 15 (persons to...
23.(1) Section 17 (general duties of auditors) is amended as...
24.Omit section 18 (auditors' rights to documents and information) and...
25.(1) Section 20 (fees for audit) is amended as follows....
27.(1) Section 22 (immediate and other reports in the public...
28.In section 23 (general report), for each reference to “an...
29.In section 24 (consideration of reports in the public interest),...
30.(1) Section 25 (procedure for consideration of reports and recommendations)...
31.In section 26 (publicity for meetings under section 25), for...
32.(1) Section 27 (additional publicity for immediate reports) is amended...
33.(1) Section 28 (additional publicity for non-immediate reports) is amended...
34.(1) Section 29 (inspection of statements of accounts and auditors'...
35.(1) Section 30 (inspection of documents and questions at audit)...
37.(1) Section 32 (declaration that item of account is unlawful)...
39.(1) Section 34 (effect of an advisory notice) is amended...
40.In subsection (3) of section 35 (advisory notices: legal actions),...
42.(1) Section 37 (extraordinary audit) is amended as follows.
44.(1) Section 39 (accounts and audit regulations) is amended as...
45.(1) Section 40 (documents relating to police and crime commissioners...
46.(1) Section 41 (studies for improving economy etc in services)...
47.(1) Section 42 (studies on impact of statutory provisions etc)...
48.In subsection (1) of section 44 (studies at request of...
49.(1) Section 45 (benefit administration studies for Secretary of State)...
50.In subsection (2) of section 46 (performance standards: relevant bodies),...
51.In subsection (5) of section 47 (publication of information as...
52.(1) Section 51 (social security references and reports to Secretary...
53.(1) Section 52 (rights of Auditor General for Wales to...
54.(1) Section 53 (rights of Auditor General for Wales to...
55.(1) Section 54 (restriction on disclosure of information) is amended...
56.(1) Section 54ZA (consent under section 54(2ZC)) is amended as...
57.In subsection (1) of section 56 (publication of information by...
58.In section 58 (orders and regulations), for each reference to...
59.In section 59 (interpretation of Part 2), omit subsections (2)...
60.In section 61 (audit of Welsh NHS bodies), in paragraph...
61.(1) Section 62 (co-operation with Assembly, Audit Commission or CHAI)...
62.In subsection (1) of section 64A (power to conduct data...
63.(1) Section 64B (mandatory provision of data) is amended as...
64.In subsection (1) of section 64C (voluntary provision of data),...
65.(1) Section 64D (disclosure of results of data matching etc)...
66.In subsection (4) of section 64E (publication), omit “an auditor...
67.(1) Section 64F (fees for data matching) is amended as...
68.In subsection (4) of section 64G (code of data matching...
69.(1) Section 67A (assistance by Auditor General to inspectorates) is...
70.The Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended as follows....
71.In section 37 (power to call), in subsection (1), after...
72.In subsection (1)(c) of section 120 (destination of receipts), for...
73.In subsection (3)(c) of section 124 (payments out of Welsh...
74.In subsection (4) of section 129 (approvals to draw), for...
75.In subsection (1) of section 143 (Audit Committee reports), omit...
76.(1) Subsection (2) of section 144 (publication of accounts and...
79.(1) Schedule 8 (Auditor General for Wales) is amended as...
Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009
83.The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 is amended as follows....
84.(1) Section 21 (special inspections) is amended as follows.
85.In section 25 (statement of practice), omit paragraph (b) of...
86.In section 26 (inspectors' powers and duties), in subsection (11),...
88.After section 27 (fees) insert— Welsh Ministers' power to prescribe...
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
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