I1Part IV Assembly finance
The Auditor General for Wales
F196CAncillary powers of Auditor General
1
Arrangements may be made between the Auditor General for Wales and a relevant authority—
a
for any function of that authority to be exercised by, or by a member of the staff of, the Auditor General for Wales, or
b
for administrative, professional or technical services to be provided by him to that authority or by that authority to him.
2
Any arrangements under subsection (1)(a) for the exercise of any function of a relevant authority do not affect the responsibility of the relevant authority on whose behalf the function is exercised.
3
The Auditor General for Wales and—
a
a relevant authority,
b
a qualified auditor, or
c
an accountancy body,
may make arrangements to co-operate with, and give assistance to, each other if each considers that to do so would facilitate, or be conducive to, the exercise of his or its own functions.
4
The Auditor General for Wales may make arrangements under this section on such terms and conditions, including conditions as to payment, as he thinks fit.
5
In this section—
“accountancy body” means—
- a
a body which is a recognised supervisory body for the purposes of Part 2 of the Companies Act 1989, or
- b
a body of accountants, established in the United Kingdom or another EEA State, which is for the time being approved by the Assembly for the purposes of this section;
- a
“EEA State” means any State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
“qualified auditor” means a person eligible to be appointed as an auditor under section 14 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (auditors appointed in respect of local government bodies in Wales); and
“relevant authority” means any government department, any local or other public authority or the holder of any public office.
Part IV partly in force: Ss. 80-103 in force at 1.12.1998 by S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2