PART 1LOCAL GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT

Other functions of the Auditor General for Wales

I1C127Fees

1

F3The 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 F4the 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

If it appears to F5the Wales Audit Office that the work involved in a particular audit, assessment or inspection was substantially more or less than that envisaged by the appropriate scale, F5the Wales Audit Office may charge a fee which is larger or smaller than that referred to in subsection (3).

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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 F6the Wales Audit Office must consult—

a

the Welsh Ministers, and

b

persons appearing to F6the Wales Audit Office to represent authorities which may be audited, assessed or inspected as mentioned in subsection (1).

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