{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/23",
  "legislation_title": "Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Studies at request of local government bodies in Wales",
  "text": "(1) The Auditor General for Wales may, at the request of a local government body in Wales, undertake ... studies designed to enable him to make recommendations for improving economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the discharge of the functions of the body.\n(2) Before making the request the body must consult any associations of employees which appear to it to be appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 44(1) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), s. 35(2), Sch. 4 para. 48 (with Sch. 3 paras. 2, 3); S.I. 2013/1466, art. 3(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/23/section/44",
    "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."
}