Clause 56 - Publication of information by Auditor General for Wales
Public Audit (Wales) Bill [Lords]
3:30 pm
Mr Don Touhig (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales), Department for Constitutional Affairs; Islwyn, Labour/Co-operative)
I beg to move amendment No. 52, in page 36, line 42, leave out '(1)(b), (c) or (d)' and insert '(1)(a), (b) or (c)'.
The amendment corrects a typographical error in clause 56(2)—[Interruption.] Unfortunately we cannot get the proofreaders these days. The subsection should read:
''The information that may be published under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c)''
and not ''(1)(b), (c) or (d)'', as currently drafted. The exclusion should relate only to information about public interest reports, and not to information about contraventions of the accounts and audit regulations to be made under clause 39. It is consistent with the provisions of sections 51 and 12 of the Audit Commission Act 1998. I commend the amendment to the Committee.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 56, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clauses 57 to 59 ordered to stand part of the Bill.