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(1)Subject to subsection (2) below F1... , 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 section 6 [F2 , 7 or 7ZA] above 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)[F3 In the case of an examination under section 6 or 7,]Subsection (1) above applies only to documents in the custody or under the control of [F4 —
(a)]the department, authority or body to which the examination relates[F5, or
(b)where the examination relates in whole or in part to the use of resources by the department, authority or body to fund a relevant authority, that relevant authority.]
[F6(2A)In the case of an examination under section 7ZA, subsection (1) applies only to documents in the custody or under the control of—
(a)a relevant authority to which the examination relates, or
(b)where the examination is undertaken for a purpose within section 7ZA(3)(a), a department to which section 6 applies and which funds a relevant authority to which the examination relates.]
F7(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F8(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 8(1) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 34(2) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6, 9); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(r)
F2Words in s. 8(1) substituted (4.4.2014) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), ss. 35(3), 49(1); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(d)
F3Words in s. 8(2) inserted (4.4.2014) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), ss. 35(4)(a), 49(1); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(d)
F4Word in s. 8(2) inserted (4.4.2014) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), ss. 35(4)(b), 49(1); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(d)
F5S. 8(2)(b) and word inserted (4.4.2014) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), ss. 35(4)(c), 49(1); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(d)
F6S. 8(2A) inserted (4.4.2014) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), ss. 35(5), 49(1); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(d)
F7S. 8(3)(4) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 34(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6, 9); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(r)
F8S. 8(5) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 34(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6, 9); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(r)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 8 restricted (E.W.) by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1),ss. 135(2)(b), 231(7), 235(6)
C2S. 8 restricted (16.5.1992) by Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 37), s. 12, Sch. 2 para. 19(b); S.I. 1992/817, art. 3(2), Sch.1.
C3S. 8 restricted (30.9.1992) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 53(2)(b); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch.2.
C4S. 8 restricted (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 37), s. 53(2)(b); S.I. 1992/817, art. 3(2), Sch.4.
S. 8 applied (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 41, s. 1(6), Sch. 1 para. 16(2) (with s. 156(6))
S. 8 applied (N.I.) (prosp.) by 2000 c. 32, ss. 29(3), 30(4), 79(1)
C5S. 8 applied (1.4.2010) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(3)(b), Sch. 1 para. 13(2); S.I. 2009/3318, art. 4(dd)
C6S. 8 applied by 2000 c. 41, Sch. 1 para. 16C(5) (as inserted (E.W.) (1.10.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), ss. 28(2), 42(3)(b); S.I. 2020/1052, art. 2(a))
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