Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009

27 Fees

(1) The Auditor General for Wales must prescribe scales of fees in respect of—

(a) audits carried out under section 17;

(b) assessments carried out under section 18;

(c) special inspections.

(2) Different scales may be prescribed in respect of the different activities described in subsection (1), different types of the same activity and different types of Welsh improvement authority.

(3) An authority audited, assessed or inspected as mentioned in subsection (1) must, subject to subsection (4), pay to the Auditor General for Wales the fee payable under the appropriate scale.

(4) If it appears to the Auditor General that the work involved in a particular audit, assessment or inspection was substantially more or less than that envisaged by the appropriate scale, the Auditor General for Wales may charge a fee which is larger or smaller than that referred to in subsection (3).

(5) Before prescribing a scale of fees under this section the Auditor General must consult—

(a) the Welsh Ministers, and

(b) persons appearing to the Auditor General to represent authorities which may be audited, assessed or inspected as mentioned in subsection (1).

(6) Section 21 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (fees prescribed by Assembly) shall have effect in relation to a scale or scales of fees prescribed by the Auditor General under this section as it has effect in relation to a scale or scales prescribed under section 20(1) of that Act, but subject to the following modifications—

(a) in subsections (3) and (4) of section 21, for “section 20(4) and (5)” there is substituted “section 27(3) and (4) of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009”;

(b) subsection (5)(c) is omitted.