http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/10/schedule/1/crossheading/auditPublic Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005An Act to establish and make provision about the office of Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; to make provision about the functions of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; to make provision about compensation; to abolish the Commission for Local Administration in Wales and the offices of Welsh Administration Ombudsman, Health Service Commissioner for Wales and Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2019-07-23 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: appointment <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation><Emphasis>Audit</Emphasis>171The accounts prepared by the Ombudsman for a financial year must be submitted by him to the Auditor General for Wales no later than 30 November in the following financial year.2The Auditor General for Wales must—aexamine, certify and report on each set of accounts submitted to him under this paragraph, andbno later than four months after the accounts are so submitted, lay before the Assembly a copy of them as certified by him together with his report on them.3In examining accounts submitted to him under this paragraph the Auditor General for Wales must, in particular, satisfy himself that the expenditure to which the accounts relate has been incurred lawfully and in accordance with the authority which governs it.
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