Offender Management Bill

moved Amendments Nos. 15 to 17: 15: Schedule 1, page 29, line 33, at end insert— ““(2A) The Auditor General for Wales may examine any accounts of a Welsh probation trust, any records relating to the accounts and any auditor’s report on them.”” 16: Schedule 1, page 29, line 34, leave out sub-paragraph (3) and insert— ““(3) In the Audit Commission Act 1998 (c. 18)— (a) in section 11(2) (consideration of reports etc), after paragraph (f) there is inserted— ““(fa) probation trusts;””; (b) in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (bodies subject to audit), after paragraph (p) there is inserted— ““(q) a probation trust (other than a Welsh probation trust as defined in paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 1 to the Offender Management Act 2007).”” (3A) In the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23)— (a) in section 12(1) (local government bodies in Wales), after paragraph (i) there is inserted— ““(j) a Welsh probation trust (as defined by paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 1 to the Offender Management Act 2007).””; (b) in section 24(2) (consideration of reports in public interest), after paragraph (d) there is inserted— ““(e) a probation trust.””; and (c) in section 25(3) (procedure for consideration of reports etc), after paragraph (d) there is inserted— ““(e) a probation trust.””.”” 17: Schedule 1, page 30, line 4, at end insert ““; and ““Welsh probation trust”” means a probation trust which is for the time being designated as such by the order establishing it under section 5(1).”” On Question, amendments agreed to. Clause 6 [Power to make grants for probation purposes etc]: