# Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004, Section 40: Documents relating to police and crime commissioners and chief constables

Extent: E+W

(1) If the Auditor General for Wales makes a report under section 22 and the report relates to a police and crime commissioner for, or the chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 for, a police area in Wales, he must send a copy of the report to the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers.
(2) If the Auditor General for Wales has sent a document (or a copy of a document) relating to one or more police and crime commissioners for police areas in Wales to a police and crime commissioner for a police area in Wales, he may send a copy of the document to the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers.
(3) If the Auditor General for Wales has sent a document (or a copy of a document) relating to one or more chief constables of police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 for a police area in Wales, the Auditor General may send a copy of the document to the persons to whom a copy of a document may be sent under subsection (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/23/section/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-40
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