PART 6PERFORMANCE AND GOVERNANCE OF PRINCIPAL COUNCILS F1AND CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES
CHAPTER 1PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTION F2: PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
Words in Pt. 6 Ch. 1 title inserted (15.7.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/797), regs. 1(2), 6(2)
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.
Words in Pt. 6 title inserted (15.7.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/797), regs. 1(2), 6(1)