Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

96 Duty of principal council to respond to Auditor General’s recommendations

(1) If a report made by the Auditor General under section 95(6) contains recommendations under section 95(6)(b) for action to be taken by a principal council, the council must prepare a response to the recommendations.

(2) The response must state what action, if any, the council intends to take in response to the recommendations.

(3) The council must make a draft of the response available to its governance and audit committee.

(4) The governance and audit committee must review the draft response and may make recommendations for changes to the statement made in the draft under subsection (2).

(5) If the council does not make a change recommended by the governance and audit committee under subsection (4), the council must set out, in the response, the recommendation and the reasons why it did not make the change.

(6) The council must send the response to the Auditor General before the end of—

(a) the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the council receives the Auditor General’s report, or

(b) any longer period which the Auditor General specifies in writing.

(7) As soon as reasonably practicable after sending the response to the Auditor General the council must—

(a) publish the response, and

(b) send the response to—

(i) Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, and

(ii) the Welsh Ministers.