Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 3A inserted (1.3.2008 for s. 64G(1)(3)(4) and 6.4.2008 otherwise) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 73, 94, Sch. 7 para. 4; S.I. 2008/219, art. 3(i); S.I. 2008/755, art. 16
(1)The Auditor General for Wales must prescribe a scale or scales of fees in respect of data matching exercises.
(2)A body required under section 64B(1) to provide data for a data matching exercise must pay to the Auditor General the fee applicable to that exercise in accordance with the appropriate scale.
(3)But if it appears to the Auditor General that the work involved in the exercise was substantially more or less than that envisaged by the appropriate scale, the Auditor General may charge the body a fee which is larger or smaller than that referred to in subsection (2).
(4)Before prescribing a scale of fees under this section, the Auditor General must consult—
(a)the bodies mentioned in section 64B(2), and
(b)such other bodies or persons as the Auditor General thinks fit.
(5)If the Welsh Ministers consider it necessary or desirable to do so, they may by regulations prescribe a scale or scales of fees to have effect, for such period as is specified in the regulations, in place of any scale or scales of fees prescribed by the Auditor General and, if they do so, references in this section to the appropriate scale are to be read as respects that period as references to the appropriate scale prescribed by the Welsh Ministers.
(6)Before making any regulations under subsection (5), the Welsh Ministers must consult—
(a)the Auditor General for Wales, and
(b)such other bodies or persons as they think fit.
(7)The power under subsection (5) is exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Assembly.
(8)In addition to the power under subsection (2), the Auditor General may charge a fee to any other body or person providing data for or receiving the results of a data matching exercise, such fee to be payable in accordance with terms agreed between the Auditor General and that body or person.]