Article 2 Grant payments

Section 8(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 shall apply in relation to relevant documents held or controlled by a person in circumstances in which that person is or has been in receipt of a grant from a body the accounts of which are examined by the Comptroller and Auditor General pursuant to powers conferred by or under statute or pursuant to arrangements made in accordance with a Royal Charter.

But paragraph (1) shall not apply to relevant documents held or controlled by an individual in circumstances in which he is or has been in receipt of a grant paid to him under any of the following Acts:

In paragraphs (1) and (2) “relevant documents” means documents that relate to the grant paid.

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the circumstances in which a person is in receipt of a grant from a body include circumstances in which that body pays the grant for or on behalf of another body.