Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005

Accounts E+W

16 (1) The Ombudsman must— E+W

(a) keep proper accounting records; and

(b) for each financial year, prepare accounts in accordance with directions given to him by the Treasury.

[F1 (1A) The directions which the Treasury may give under sub-paragraph (1)(b) include directions to prepare accounts relating to financial affairs and transactions of persons other than the Ombudsman.]

(2) The directions which the Treasury may give under sub-paragraph (1)(b) include, in particular, directions as to—

(a) the information to be contained in the accounts and the manner in which it is to be presented;

(b) the methods and principles in accordance with which the accounts are to be prepared;

(c) the additional information (if any) that is to accompany the accounts.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 16(1A) inserted (11.11.2010) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), ss. 44(7), 52; S.I. 2010/2703, art. 2