PART 1LOCAL GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT
Other functions of the Auditor General for Wales
27Fees
(1)
F1The Wales Audit Office must prescribe scales of fees in respect of—
(a)
audits carried out under section 17;
(b)
assessments carried out under section 18;
(c)
special inspections.
(2)
Different scales may be prescribed in respect of the different activities described in subsection (1), different types of the same activity and different types of Welsh improvement authority.
(3)
An authority audited, assessed or inspected as mentioned in subsection (1) must, subject to subsection (4), pay to F2the Wales Audit Office, in accordance with a scheme for charging fees prepared under section 24 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013, the fee payable under the appropriate scale.
(4)
F4(4A)
But a fee charged under this section may not exceed the full cost of exercising the function to which it relates.
(5)
Before prescribing a scale of fees under this section F5the Wales Audit Office must consult—
(a)
the Welsh Ministers, and
(b)
persons appearing to F5the Wales Audit Office to represent authorities which may be audited, assessed or inspected as mentioned in subsection (1).
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