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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/23",
  "legislation_title": "Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After section 13 insert—\n“Reports of inspections under section 10A\n13A (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(b) 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 an 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/23/schedule/1/paragraph/13",
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  },
  "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."
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