(1)The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, prescribe a scale or scales of fees to have effect instead of a scale or scales prescribed by the Wales Audit Office under section 27(1),
(2)A scale of fees prescribed under subsection (1) has effect for the period specified in relation to it in the regulations.
(3)Subsection (4) applies if—
(a)a scale of fees is prescribed under subsection (1) in place of a scale prescribed by the Wales Audit Office, and
(b)the scale prescribed by the Wales Audit Office would otherwise be the appropriate scale for the purposes of section 27(3) and (4).
(4)The references to the appropriate scale in section 27(3) and (4) are to be read as references to the scale prescribed undersubsection (1).
(5)Before making regulations under subsection (1) the Welsh Ministers must consult—
(a)the Wales Audit Office,
(b)any associations of local government bodies in Wales which appear to the Welsh Ministers to be concerned, and
(c)such other persons as they think fit.
(6)Regulations made under this section are subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 27A inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), s. 35(2), Sch. 4 para. 88 (with Sch. 3 para. 3); S.I. 2013/1466, art. 3(1)