SCHEDULE 4Minor and consequential amendments
Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004
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Section 20 (fees for audit) is amended as follows.
2
Before subsection (1), insert—
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The Wales Audit Office must, in accordance with a scheme for charging fees prepared under section 24 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013, charge a fee in respect of functions exercised by the Auditor General for Wales—
a
in auditing the accounts of local government bodies in Wales under this Chapter, and
b
in undertaking studies at the request of a local government body under section 44.
3
Accordingly, the heading of section 20 becomes “
Fees in respect of functions exercised by the Auditor General for Wales
”
.
4
In subsection (1), for “The Auditor General for Wales” substitute “
The Wales Audit Office
”
.
5
In subsection (2)—
a
for “the Auditor General for Wales” each time those words appear substitute “
the Wales Audit Office
”
;
b
in paragraph (a), for “of local authorities” substitute “
of local government bodies
”
;
c
for paragraph (b), substitute—
b
such other persons as the Wales Audit Office thinks fit.
6
Omit subsection (3).
7
In subsection (4), for “the Auditor General for Wales” substitute “
the Wales Audit Office
”
.
8
In subsection (5)—
a
for “the Auditor General for Wales” each time those words appear substitute “
the Wales Audit Office
”
;
b
omit “him when prescribing”.
9
After subsection (5) insert—
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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.
10
Omit subsection (6).