61.4  Audit

For the purposes of

(a)  the examination and certification of the Authority's accounts;

(b)  the Local Government Finance Act 1982 (and any other Legislation relating to the inspection, examination and auditing of the Authority's accounts); and

(c)  an examination pursuant to the 1999 Act of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of which the Authority has performed its functions,

the District Auditor and the Audit Commission may examine such documents as he or it may reasonably require which are owned, held or otherwise within the control of the Contractor and any Sub-Contractor and may require the Contractor and any Sub-Contractor to produce such oral or written explanations as he or it considers necessary.  For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the carrying out of an examination under [Section 6(3)(d) of the National Audit Act 1983] in relation to the Contractor is not a function exercisable under this Agreement.