PART 6PERFORMANCE AND GOVERNANCE OF PRINCIPAL COUNCILS F1AND CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES

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CHAPTER 1PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTION F2: PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

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Special inspections by Auditor General for Wales

I1101Auditor General's fees

1

The Wales Audit Office must prescribe a scale of fees in respect of special inspections.

2

A principal council in respect of which a special inspection is carried out must, subject to subsection (3), pay to the Wales Audit Office, in accordance with a scheme for charging fees prepared under section 24 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), the fee payable under the scale prescribed under subsection (1).

3

If it appears to the Wales Audit Office that the work involved in a particular special inspection was substantially more or less than that envisaged by the scale prescribed under subsection (1), the Wales Audit Office may charge a fee which is larger or smaller than that mentioned in subsection (2).

4

But a fee charged under this section may not exceed the full cost of carrying out the activity to which it relates.

5

Before prescribing a scale of fees under this section the Wales Audit Office must consult—

a

the Welsh Ministers, and

b

such persons representing principal councils as the Wales Audit Office considers appropriate.