{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-67A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-67A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/23",
  "legislation_title": "Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004",
  "path": "section/67A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "67A",
  "heading": "Assistance by Auditor General to inspectorates",
  "text": "(1) The Auditor General for Wales may provide assistance to—\n(a) Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons,\n(b) Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary,\n(c) Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service,\n(d) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation for England and Wales,\n( e ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nin the discharge of any of their functions.\n(2) Assistance under subsection (1) may be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Wales Audit Office and the body or person in question may agree, but any terms as to payment agreed by the Wales Audit Office must be made in accordance with a scheme for charging fees prepared under section 24 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.\n(3) Any sums charged in relation to assistance provided under this section may not exceed the full cost of providing that assistance.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 67A inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 60; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 67A(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 26(2)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 67A(1)(e) and preceding word repealed (18.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Courts Administration and the Public Guardian Board) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2401), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 17 (with art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 67A(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), s. 35(2), Sch. 4 para. 69(2) (with Sch. 3 para. 3); S.I. 2013/1466, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 67A(2) inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), s. 35(2), Sch. 4 para. 69(3) (with Sch. 3 para. 3); S.I. 2013/1466, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 67A(3) inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3), s. 35(2), Sch. 4 para. 69(4) (with Sch. 3 para. 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/67A",
    "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."
}