SCHEDULE 1Citizen Voice Body for Health and Social Care, Wales

PART 6Financial Matters

19Accounting officer

1

The Citizen Voice Body’s chief executive is its accounting officer.

2

The accounting officer has, in relation to the Body’s accounts and finances, the responsibilities specified from time to time by the Welsh Ministers.

3

The responsibilities that may be specified include—

a

responsibilities in relation to the signing of accounts;

b

responsibilities for the propriety and regularity of the Body’s finances;

c

responsibilities for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Body uses its resources;

d

responsibilities owed to the Welsh Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales or its Public Accounts Committee.