Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II: Power to apply conferred (31.8.2000) by 1997 c. 25, s. 59D(4)(b) (as inserted (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 83(2) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(b))
Pt. II (ss. 2-32) applied (with modifications) (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/734, art. 2
Pt. II (ss. 2-32) modified (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/734, art. 3
(1)The Commission may, with the consent of the Secretary of State and by agreement with the body concerned, undertake the audit of the accounts of any body which—
(a)appears to the Secretary of State to be connected with local government or the National Health Service; and
(b)is not a body subject to audit [F1, a local government body in Wales or a Welsh NHS body].
(2)An audit carried out under this section shall be carried out in such manner as the Commission and the body concerned may agree and references in this Part or Part III to an audit carried out under this Act do not include an audit carried out under this section.
(3)Subsection (2) is without prejudice to any other statutory provisions which apply to an audit under this section.
(4)The Commission shall charge the body such fees for services provided under this section as will cover the full cost of providing them.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 29(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 22; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1