Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

119 Coordination between regulators

(1) The Auditor General for Wales and the relevant regulators must have regard to the need for coordination in the exercise of their relevant functions.

(2) In respect of each financial year the Auditor General for Wales must produce a timetable in relation to each principal council which sets out the Auditor General’s opinion as to the dates or periods in that year on or during which—

(a) the relevant regulators should exercise their relevant functions in relation to the council, and

(b) the Auditor General should exercise the Auditor General’s relevant functions in relation to that council.

(3) Before producing a timetable under subsection (2) the Auditor General for Wales must consult the relevant regulators.

(4) The duty under subsection (2) may be discharged by the production of a timetable which relates to more than one financial year.

(5) The Auditor General for Wales and the relevant regulators, in exercising their relevant functions in relation to a principal council, must take all reasonable steps to adhere to the timetable produced in relation to that council under subsection (2).

(6) The Auditor General for Wales must assist the relevant regulators to comply with their duties under subsections (1) and (5).

(7) In this section, “relevant regulators” and “relevant functions” have the meaning given in section 120.