PART 6PERFORMANCE AND GOVERNANCE OF PRINCIPAL COUNCILS AND CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES

CHAPTER 1PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTION : PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

Special inspections by Auditor General for Wales

100Auditor General's powers of entry and inspection etc.: offences

(1)

A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed under section 98(2), (3) or (4)(b) commits an offence.

(2)

A person who intentionally obstructs an inspector exercising or attempting to exercise a power under section 98(1) or (4)(a) or (c) commits an offence.

(3)

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(4)

The reasonable expenses incurred by an inspector in proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) or (2) alleged to have been committed in relation to a special inspection are, so far as not recoverable from any other source, recoverable from the principal council to which the special inspection relates.