SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Auditor General for Wales

Tenure

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1

Subject as follows, a person appointed as Auditor General holds office until the end of the period for which the person was appointed.

2

Her Majesty may relieve a person from office as Auditor General before the end of the period for which the person was appointed—

a

at the person's request, or

b

on Her Majesty being satisfied that the person is incapable for medical reasons of performing the duties of the office and of requesting to be relieved of it.

3

Her Majesty may remove a person from office as Auditor General before the end of the period for which the person was appointed on the making of a recommendation, on the ground of the person's misbehaviour, that Her Majesty should do so.

4

A recommendation for the removal of a person from office as Auditor General may not be made unless—

a

the Assembly has resolved that the recommendation should be made, and

b

the resolution of the Assembly is passed on a vote in which the number of Assembly members voting in favour of it is not less than two-thirds of the total number of Assembly seats.