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Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013, Section 1 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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The main provisions of this Act—

(a)prescribe that the office of Auditor General for Wales is to continue upon the terms set out in Part 1, Chapter 1;

(b)create a new corporate body called the Wales Audit Office (the “WAO”) and confer functions upon it (Part 2 and Schedules 1 and 2);

(c)prescribe governance arrangements for the Auditor General for Wales and the WAO, including arrangements for oversight of the Auditor General by the WAO, and provisions regarding the relationship between the two (Part 2, Chapter 2 and Schedules 1 and 2);

(d)prescribe how the functions of the Auditor General for Wales are to be exercised, and make provision for the Auditor General to audit the accounts of local government bodies in Wales (Part 1, Chapter 2).

Commencement Information

I1S. 1 in force at 4.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1466, art. 2(a)

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