# Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004, Section 29: Inspection of statements of accounts and Auditor General for Wales' reports

Extent: E+W

(1) A local government elector for the area of a local government body in Wales may—
(a) at all reasonable times and without payment inspect and make a copy of any statement of accounts prepared by the body under regulations made under section 39;
(b) at all reasonable times and without payment inspect and make a copy of any report (other than a report under section 22(3)) made to the body by the Auditor General for Wales;
(c) require a copy of a statement or report falling within paragraph (a) or (b) to be delivered to him on payment of a reasonable sum for each copy.
(2) A person who has custody of a document falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) commits an offence if—
(a) he obstructs a person in the exercise of a right under this section to inspect or make a copy of the document, or
(b) he refuses to supply a copy of the document to a person entitled to the copy under subsection (1)(c).
(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) In this section references to a copy of a document include a copy of any part of it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/23/section/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-29
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