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After section 146 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) insert—
(1)The Assembly may, with the consent of the Auditor General for Wales, by order provide for any of its supervisory functions in respect of a public body or a registered social landlord in Wales—
(a)to be exercised on its behalf by the Auditor General for Wales, or
(b)to be transferred to the Auditor General for Wales.
(2)In this section—
“public body” means—
a body exercising functions of a public nature, or
a body entirely or substantially funded from public money,
(and for this purpose “body” includes office);
“registered social landlord in Wales” means a body which is—
registered as a social landlord under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996, and
mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 56(2) of that Act;
“supervisory functions”, in respect of a public body or a registered social landlord in Wales, means functions of examining, inspecting, reviewing or studying the financial or other management of the public body or registered social landlord or the way in which it discharges any of its functions.
(3)The Assembly may direct the Auditor General for Wales to prepare a report on his exercise, generally or in respect of a specific body or matter, of any function transferred to him by an order under subsection (1)(b).
(4)The Auditor General for Wales must lay before the Assembly any report prepared by him in accordance with a direction under subsection (3).
(5)An order under subsection (1) may contain any appropriate consequential, incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions or savings (including provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of enactments).”
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