F1Part 3AData matching
64BMandatory provision of data
1
The Auditor General for Wales may require—
a
any body mentioned in subsection (2), and
b
any officer or member of such a body,
to provide the Auditor General or a person acting on his behalf with such data (and in such form) as the Auditor General or that person may reasonably require for the purpose of conducting data matching exercises.
2
The bodies are—
a
a local government body in Wales (as defined in section 12(1));
b
a Welsh NHS body (as defined in section 60).
3
A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement of the Auditor General under subsection (1)(b) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction—
a
to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, and
b
to an additional fine not exceeding £20 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction for that offence.
4
If an officer or member of a body is convicted of an offence under subsection (3), any expenses incurred by the Auditor General in connection with proceedings for the offence, so far as not recovered from any other source, are recoverable from that body.
Pt. 3A inserted (1.3.2008 for s. 64G(1)(3)(4) and 6.4.2008 otherwise) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 73, 94, Sch. 7 para. 4; S.I. 2008/219, art. 3(i); S.I. 2008/755, art. 16