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National Audit Act 1983
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Section 4(5).
SCHEDULE 3U.K. The Auditor of the National Audit Office
1[F1(1)The auditor must be eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor (see Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006).]U.K.
(3)The auditor shall be appointed at such remuneration and on such other terms and conditions as the Commission may determine; and the remuneration of the auditor shall be defrayed as part of the expenses of the National Audit Office.
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F1Sch. 3 para.1(1) substituted for Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(2) (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 54 (with art. 10)
2U.K.The auditor shall have power to carry out economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations of the use of resources by the National Audit Office.
3U.K.The auditor shall have a right of access at all reasonable times to all such documents as appear to him necessary for the purposes of the audit and shall be entitled to require from any person holding or accountable for any such documents such information and explanation as he thinks necessary for those purposes.
4[F2(1)The provisions of sections 6(1) and 25(2) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (examination of resource accounts) shall apply, with any necessary modifications, to the examination by the auditor of the resource accounts of the National Audit Office as they apply to the examination by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the resource accounts of a government department.]U.K.
(2)On completion of his examination the auditor shall certify the [F3resource accounts] and submit [F3them], together with his report thereon, to the Commission for presentation to the House of Commons.
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F2S. 4(1) substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 18(4); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3(1)(a) (with transitional provision in art. 5)
F3Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 18(5)(a)(b); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3(1)(a) (with transitional provision in art. 5)
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