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15Employment etc of former Comptroller and Auditor GeneralU.K.

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(1)This section applies to a person who was appointed as Comptroller and Auditor General under this Part but who no longer holds that office.

(2)Before—

(a)taking up an office or position of a description specified by the Public Accounts Commission, or

(b)entering into an agreement or other arrangements of such a description,

the person must consult such person as is specified by the Commission.

(3)Subsections (4) and (5) apply for the period of 2 years starting with the day after that on which the person ceased to be Comptroller and Auditor General.

(4)The person must not—

(a)hold an office or position to which a person may be appointed, or recommended for appointment, by or on behalf of the Crown, or

(b)be a member, director, officer or employee of a body or other person whose accounts are required by a statutory provision to be audited or examined by, or to be open to the inspection of, the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(5)The person must not, in any capacity, provide services to—

(a)the Crown or any body or other person acting on behalf of the Crown, or

(b)a body or other person whose accounts are required by a statutory provision to be audited or examined by, or to be open to the inspection of, the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(6)But subsections (4) and (5) do not prevent a person from holding any of the following offices—

(a)Auditor General for Scotland;

(b)Auditor General for Wales;

(c)Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.

Commencement Information

I1S. 15 in force at 1.4.2012 by S.I. 2011/2576, art. 5

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