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(1)Arrangements may be made between the Auditor General for Wales and the Comptroller and Auditor General for the provision of administrative, professional or technical services to the Auditor General for Wales by the National Audit Office.
(2)The Auditor General for Wales may, having regard to any arrangements made or capable of being made under subsection (1), appoint such staff or secure the provision of such services as he considers necessary for assisting him in the exercise of his functions.
(3)No arrangements shall be made—
(a)for any of the functions of the Auditor General for Wales or of the Assembly to be exercised by the other or by a member of the other’s staff, or
(b)for the provision of any administrative, professional or technical services by the Auditor General for Wales or the Assembly for the other.
(4)The staff of the Auditor General for Wales shall be appointed on such terms and conditions as he may determine; and he shall pay his staff such remuneration as may be provided for by or under their terms of appointment.
(5)In Schedule 1 to the M1Superannuation Act 1972 (employments etc. to which section 1 of that Act applies), at the appropriate place in the list of “Other Bodies” insert—
“Employment as a member of the staff of the Auditor General for Wales.”
(6)The Assembly shall pay to the Minister for the Civil Service, at such times as he may direct, such sums as he may determine in respect of any increase attributable to subsection (5) in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under the M2Superannuation Act 1972.
(7)No member of the staff of the Auditor General for Wales shall be regarded as holding office under Her Majesty or as exercising any functions on behalf of the Crown; but each member of his staff shall be taken to be a Crown servant for the purposes of the M3Official Secrets Act 1989.
(8)Any function of the Auditor General for Wales may be exercised by—
(a)a member of his staff,
(b)a member of the staff of the National Audit Office providing services to him in pursuance of arrangements made under subsection (1), or
(c)any other person providing services to him,
if authorised by him for that purpose.
(9)An authority under subsection (8) to certify or report on accounts (or statements of accounts) for the Assembly—
(a)shall extend only to accounts (or statements) which the presiding officer has certified to the Assembly that the Auditor General for Wales is unable to certify or report on himself, and
(b)shall cease on a vacancy arising in the office of Auditor General for Wales.
(10)The reference in subsection (9)(a) to the presiding officer includes a reference to any person for the time being performing the functions of presiding officer.
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