Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004

[F1 64H Powers of Secretary of State E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may by order amend this Part—

(a) to add any purpose mentioned in subsection (2) to the purposes for which data matching exercises may be conducted,

(b) to modify the application of this Part in relation to a purpose so added.

(2) The purposes which may be added are—

(a) to assist in the prevention and detection of crime (other than fraud) in or with respect to Wales,

(b) to assist in the apprehension and prosecution of offenders in or with respect to Wales,

(c) to assist in the recovery of debt owing to Welsh public bodies.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order amend this Part—

(a) to add a Welsh public body to the list of bodies in section 64B(2),

(b) to modify the application of this Part in relation to a body so added,

(c) to remove a body from that list.

(4) Before making an order under this section, the Secretary of State must consult the Auditor General for Wales.

(5) An order under this section—

(a) is to be made by statutory instrument, and

(b) may include such incidental, consequential, supplemental or transitional provision as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(6) No order under this section may be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(7) In this section “Welsh public body” means a public body (as defined in section 12(3)) whose functions relate exclusively to Wales or an area of Wales.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 3A inserted (1.3.2008 for s. 64G(1)(3)(4) and 6.4.2008 otherwise) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 73, 94, Sch. 7 para. 4; S.I. 2008/219, art. 3(i); S.I. 2008/755, art. 16