Section 101 Auditor General's feesI1

The Wales Audit Office must prescribe a scale of fees in respect of special inspections.

A principal council in respect of which a special inspection is carried out must, subject to subsection (3), pay to the Wales Audit Office, in accordance with a scheme for charging fees prepared under section 24 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), the fee payable under the scale prescribed under subsection (1).

If it appears to the Wales Audit Office that the work involved in a particular special inspection was substantially more or less than that envisaged by the scale prescribed under subsection (1), the Wales Audit Office may charge a fee which is larger or smaller than that mentioned in subsection (2).

But a fee charged under this section may not exceed the full cost of carrying out the activity to which it relates.

Before prescribing a scale of fees under this section the Wales Audit Office must consult—