F1SCHEDULE 10A(introduced by section 115A)

APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 1 OF PART 6 TO CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES

Auditor General’s powers of entry and inspection etc.

10.

Section 98 is to be read as if—

(a)

for subsection (1) there were substituted—

“(1)

An inspector may at any reasonable time enter any premises of —

(a)

a corporate joint committee;

(b)

a constituent council of a corporate joint committee;

(c)

a National Park authority which is required by regulations under Part 5 to appoint a member of a corporate joint committee,

and do anything that the inspector considers necessary for the purposes of a special inspection of the corporate joint committee, including inspecting a document held by the authority whose premises the inspector has entered.”;

(b)

for subsection (2) there were substituted—

“(2)

An inspector may require an authority mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) to provide the inspector with any of the following that the inspector considers necessary for the purposes of a special inspection of the corporate joint committee—

(a)

a document held by the authority;

(b)

facilities and assistance.”;

(c)

for paragraph (b) of subsection (4) there were substituted—

“(b)

require an authority mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) to provide the inspector with a legible copy, including a legible electronic copy, of a document inspected on its premises under subsection (1) or provided by it under subsection (2)(a);”.