Regulation 6 Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004I1

England and Wales

(1)

The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 41 (studies for improving economy etc. in services), in subsection (1), in paragraph (a)^f2 for “local government bodies in Wales that are Welsh improvement authorities for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009” substitute

“—

(i)
county councils and county borough councils in Wales;

(ii)
fire and rescue authorities in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

(iii)
National Park authorities for National Parks in Wales;”.

(3)

In section 54 (restriction on disclosure of information)—

(a)

in subsection (1)^f3—

(i)

in paragraph (aa)^f4 after “pursuant to” insert “a provision of Chapter 1 of Part 6 or”;

(ii)

in paragraph (b)^f5 after “Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009” insert “or Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021”;

(b)

in subsection (2)^f6, in paragraph (b)^f7, after “Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009” insert “or Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: 2004 c. 23.
f2: Paragraph (a) was amended by paragraph 27(2) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, paragraph 35 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Measure and paragraph 46 of Schedule 4 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.
f3: Subsection (1) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 4 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.
f4: Paragraph (aa) was inserted by paragraph (a) of section 160 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.
f5: Paragraph (b) was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Measure and paragraph 55 of Schedule 4 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.
f6: Paragraphs (ba) and (bb) were inserted into subsection (2) by paragraph (b) of section 160 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.
f7: Paragraph (b) was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Measure and paragraph 55 of Schedule 4 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.