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(1)If requested to do so by the Chief Inspector, the Auditor General for Wales may assist with any inspection under section 38 of a [F2local authority] in Wales; and subsections (2) to (5) below have effect where the Auditor General for Wales assists with any such inspection.
(2)Section 40 shall apply to the Auditor General for Wales and to any authorised person as it applies to the inspector.
(3)Any information obtained by virtue of section 40 by a person falling within one of the categories mentioned in subsection (4) may be disclosed for the purposes of the inspection, or the preparation or making of the report under section 39(1), to a person falling within the other category.
(4)Those categories are—
(a)the Auditor General for Wales and any authorised person; and
(b)the inspector and any person assisting him.
(5)Any report prepared under section 39(1) shall be prepared by the inspector acting in conjunction with the Auditor General for Wales.
(6)The Auditor General for Wales shall not provide assistance under this section unless, before he does so, the Chief Inspector has agreed to pay the Auditor General for Wales an amount equal to the full costs incurred by the Auditor General for Wales in providing the assistance.
(7)In this section “authorised person” means a person authorised by the Auditor General for Wales for the purposes of this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 41A inserted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 19; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1
F2Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)
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