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(1)If requested to do so by the Chief Inspector, the Audit Commission may assist with any inspection under section 38; and subsections (2) to (5) below have effect where the Commission assist with any such inspection.
(2)Section 40 shall apply to the Commission and to any authorised person as it applies to the inspector.
(3)Any information obtained by virtue of section 40 by a person falling within one of the categories mentioned in subsection (4) may be disclosed for the purposes of the inspection, or the preparation or making of the report under section 39(1), to a person falling within the other category.
(4)Those categories are—
(a)the Commission and any authorised person; and
(b)the inspector and any person assisting him.
(5)Any report prepared under section 39(1) shall be prepared by the inspector acting in conjunction with the Commission.
(6)The Commission shall not provide assistance under this section unless, before it does so, the Chief Inspector has agreed to pay the Commission an amount equal to the full costs incurred by the Commission in providing the assistance.
(7)In this section—
“the Audit Commission” means the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England and Wales; and
“authorised person” means a person authorised by the Audit Commission for the purposes of this section.
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