Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004

3 E+W After section 2 insert—

“2A Power to extend or disapply: best value authorities in Wales

(1) The National Assembly for Wales may by order provide that any of the bodies mentioned in subsection (2) is a best value authority in Wales for the purposes of this Part.

(2) The bodies are—

(a) a levying body within the meaning of section 74(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

(b) a body to which section 75 of that Act applies (special levies).

(3) An order under subsection (1) providing for a body to be a best value authority in Wales may provide for section 7 to have effect in relation to that body with specified modifications.

(4) The National Assembly for Wales may by order provide that a best value authority in Wales specified, or of a description specified, in the order is not to be subject, in relation to such functions as may be specified, to a duty—

(a) which is specified in the order, and

(b) to which the authority would otherwise be subject under this Part.”