Certification of claims, returns, etc.
25.—(1) The chief local government auditor shall, if so required by a local government body, make arrangements—
(a)for certifying claims and returns in respect of grants or subsidies made or paid by any Northern Ireland department or public authority to that body;
(b)for certifying any account submitted by that body to any such department with a view to obtaining payment under a contract between that body and the department; or
(c)for certifying any return by the body which under any statutory provision is required or authorised to be certified by the body’s auditor;
and in sub-paragraph (a) “public authority” means a body established by or under the Treaties or by or under any statutory provision.
(2) There shall be paid to the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland by every body to which services are provided under this Article such fees as the Department may determine are appropriate to cover the full cost of providing those services.