{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1999/section-13A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1999/section-13A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/27",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1999",
  "path": "section/13A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13A",
  "heading": "Reports of inspections under section 10A",
  "text": "(1) Where the Auditor General for Wales has carried out an inspection of an authority under section 10A he shall issue a report.\n(2) A report—\n(a) shall mention any matter in respect of which the Auditor General for Wales believes as a result of an inspection that the authority is failing to comply with the requirements of this Part, and\n(b) may, if it mentions a matter under paragraph (a), recommend that the Secretary of State give a direction under section 15.\n(3) The Auditor General for Wales—\n(a) shall send a copy of a report to the authority concerned, and\n(b) may publish a report and any information in respect of a report.\n(4) If a report recommends that the Secretary of State give a direction under section 15, the Auditor General for Wales shall as soon as reasonably practicable—\n(a) arrange for the recommendation to be published, and\n() send a copy of the report to the Secretary of State.\n(4A) If a report relates to any extent to the administration of housing benefit or council tax benefit and the Auditor General for Wales thinks fit to do so, he shall as soon as reasonably practicable send a copy of the report to the Secretary of State.\n(5) If a report states that the Auditor General for Wales believes as a result of an inspection that a Welsh best value authority is failing to comply with the requirements of this Part, the next performance plan prepared by the authority under section 6 must record—\n(a) that fact, and\n(b) any action taken by the authority as a result of the report.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 13A inserted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), s. 73, Sch. 1 para. 13; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 13A omitted (E.W.) (1.4.2014) by virtue of Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), s. 35(2), Sch. 4 para. 12 (with Sch. 3 para. 3); S.I. 2013/1466, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 13A(4A) inserted (1.4.2008) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), ss. 38(1), 70(2); S.I. 2008/411, art. 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 13A(4A) repealed (1.4.2013 for specified purposes) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 14 Pt. 1; S.I. 2013/358, art. 8(c), Sch. 4 (with arts. 9 10 Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 13A(5) repealed (E.W.) (1.4.2010) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 2), s. 53(2), Sch. 1 para. 15, Sch. 4; S.I. 2009/3272, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 3(2)-(5)) (as amended (8.9.2010) by S.I. 2010/2237, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 13A(5) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 19; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/27/section/13A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:48.465960+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}