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Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004

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6Expenses and accounts

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(1)Section 93 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) (expenses, fees and accounts) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1) after “him” insert “or met by virtue of subsection (2A)”.

(3)After subsection (2) insert—

(2A)The Auditor General for Wales may borrow sums in sterling by way of overdraft or otherwise for the purpose of meeting a temporary excess of expenditure over sums otherwise available to meet that expenditure.

(4)After subsection (6) insert—

(6A)Nothing in subsection (5) or (6) authorises the Audit Committee—

(a)to examine that part of any estimate which relates to estimated income or expenditure of the office of the Auditor General for Wales relating to Part 2 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (local government bodies in Wales), or

(b)to lay an estimate before the Assembly with modifications relating to such estimated income or expenditure.

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