Name, commencement and application
1.—(1) The name of these Regulations is the Accounts and Audit (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and they shall come into force on 18 January 2002.
(2) These Regulations apply to Wales only.
Interpretation
2. In these regulations “the 1996 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1996”) means the Accounts and Audit Regulations 1996(1).
Statement of Accounts
3. Regulation 6 of the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows:
In paragraph (3)(k) delete the words “a probation committee,”.
Other Accounting Statements
4. Regulation 7 of the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows:
In paragraphs (3) and (4), for “£5,000” substitute “£50,000”.
Publication of Annual Audit Letter
5. After Regulation 16 of the 1996 Regulations there is inserted—
“Publication of Annual Audit Letter
16A. As soon as reasonably possible after it is received a relevant body shall—
(a)publish the annual audit letter(2) received from the auditor; and
(b)keep copies available for purchase by any person on payment of a reasonable sum to be determined by the relevant body.”
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(3)
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
20th November 2001