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(1)A sum may only be paid out of the Welsh Consolidated Fund if—
(a)it has been charged on that Fund by any enactment, or
(b)its payment out is authorised or deemed to be authorised by a Budget resolution of the Assembly (see sections 125 to 128) for or in connection with either of the purposes mentioned in subsection (2),
and an approval to draw the payment of the sum out of the Welsh Consolidated Fund is granted by the Auditor General (see section 129).
(2)Those purposes are—
(a)meeting expenditure of a relevant person, and
(b)meeting expenditure payable pursuant to a relevant enactment.
(3)For the purposes of this section and sections 125 to 128 the relevant persons are—
(a)the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister and the Counsel General,
(b)the Assembly Commission,
(c)the Auditor General, and
(d)the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
(4)For the purposes of this section and sections 125 to 128 a relevant enactment is an enactment which provides for payment out of the Welsh Consolidated Fund.
(5)This section does not apply to sums paid out of the Welsh Consolidated Fund by virtue of section 130.
(6)Any enactment which—
(a)charges the payment of sums on the Consolidated Fund or requires or authorises the payment of any sum from the Consolidated Fund, or
(b)requires or authorises the payment of sums out of money provided by Parliament,
does not have effect if the sums are payable by any of the relevant persons.
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