Territorial Extent and Devolution Public inspection etc and action by auditor Section 30: Inspection of documents and questions at audit
77.This section prescribes arrangements to enable interested persons to inspect or make copies of documents relating to the accounts at an audit of a local government body in Wales. The requirement that a person can only do so if they are "interested" means that a body can require a person wishing to exercise this right of access to show that he or she has a legitimate interest in the accounts of that body. This provision is intended to protect local government bodies from "nuisance" requests. It also gives a local government elector or his representative the right to question the auditor about the accounts. The section does not, however, entitle a person to obtain personal information relating to an individual. The section defines "personal information" in a way which is potentially wider than "personal data" under the Data Protection Act 1998.