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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/schedule-3/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/23",
  "legislation_title": "Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Before making an order under paragraph 1, the Secretary of State must consult—\n(a) the Wales Audit Office,and\n(b) ... the Comptroller and Auditor General, ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 substituted (1.4.2014) by The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (No. 77), arts. 1(1), 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 2(a) inserted (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 65(3)(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 66); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(b) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 65(3)(b) (with Sch. 12 para. 66); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2(c) and preceding word omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 65(3)(c) (with Sch. 12 para. 66); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/23/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:02.610556+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."
}