Accounting officer
11(1)The Commissioner is the accounting officer for the office of the Commissioner.
(2)The accounting officer has, in relation to the accounts and the finances of the Commissioner, the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the Treasury.
(3)In this paragraph references to responsibilities include in particular—
(a)responsibilities in relation to the signing of accounts,
(b)responsibilities for the propriety and regularity of the finances of the Commissioner, and
(c)responsibilities for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the resources of the Commissioner are used.
(4)The responsibilities which may be specified under this paragraph include responsibilities owed to—
(a)the Assembly, the Assembly Cabinet or the Audit Committee, or
(b)the House of Commons or its Committee of Public Accounts.
(5)If requested to do so by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, the Audit Committee may—
(a)on behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts take evidence from the accounting officer, and
(b)report to the Committee of Public Accounts and transmit to that Committee any evidence so taken.