PART IIIECONOMY, EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS EXAMINATIONS

Right to obtain documents and information10

1

Subject to paragraph (2), the Comptroller and Auditor General shall have a right of access at all reasonable times to all such documents as he may reasonably require for carrying out any examination under Article 8 or 9 and shall be entitled to require from any person holding or accountable for any such document such information and explanation as are reasonably necessary for that purpose.

2

Paragraph (1) applies only to documents in the custody or under the control of the department, authority or body to which the examination relates.