# Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004, Section 64G: Code of data matching practice

Extent: E+W

(1) The Auditor General for Wales must prepare, and keep under review, a code of practice with respect to data matching exercises.
(2) Regard must be had to the code in conducting and participating in any such exercise.
(3) Before preparing or altering the code, the Auditor General must consult the bodies mentioned in section 64B(2), the Information Commission and such other bodies or persons as the Auditor General thinks fit.
(4) The Auditor General must—
(a) lay a copy of the code, and of any alterations made to the code, before the National Assembly for Wales, and
(b) from time to time publish the code as for the time being in force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/23/section/64G (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-64G
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