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The Department may carry out audit visits with or without prior notice at its discretion.\n28.2.6 The Parties agree that they will bear their own respective costs and expenses incurred in respect of compliance with their obligations under this clause, unless the audit identifies a material breach or malpractice by the Employer and/or an Employer Related Party in which case the Employer will reimburse the Department for all the Department\u2019s reasonable costs incurred in the course of the audit.\n28.2.7 If the findings of an audit conducted pursuant to this Clause 28 results in the requirement for ILR data to be corrected and re-submitted the Employer must re-submit the data to the Department, as set out in Clause 21 (Submission of Learner Data), within two months. 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on demand provide the Department (and/or its agents or representatives) with all reasonable co-operation and assistance in relation to each audit, including:-\n(a) all information requested by the Department within the permitted scope of the audit;\n(b) reasonable access to any premises and any equipment used (whether exclusively or non-exclusively) in the performance of the Services;\n(c) access to the Provider's and/or a Provider Related Party's systems; and\n(d) access to Provider Personnel; and\n(e) provision of any accounting records as referred to in Section 386 of the Companies Act 2006 and/or financial records as the Department may require which if the Provider is not a company may include similar accounting records as are referred to in Section 386 of the Companies Act 2006.\n28.2.4 The Provider will implement all measurement and monitoring tools and procedures necessary to measure and report on the Provider's (including for the avoidance of doubt a Provider Related Party's) 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