Part 5Finance
Financial accountability of Assembly Commission
137I1Assembly Commission's accounts
1
The Assembly Commission must, for each financial year, prepare accounts in accordance with directions given to it by the Treasury.
2
The directions which the Treasury may give under subsection (1) include directions to prepare accounts relating to financial affairs and transactions of persons other than the Assembly Commission.
3
The directions which the Treasury may give under subsection (1) include, in particular, directions as to—
a
the financial affairs and transactions to which the accounts are to relate,
b
the information to be contained in the accounts and the manner in which it is to be presented,
c
the methods and principles in accordance with which the accounts are to be prepared, and
d
the additional information (if any) that is to accompany the accounts.
4
Any accounts which the Assembly Commission is directed under this section to prepare for any financial year must be submitted by the Assembly Commission to the Auditor General no later than 30th November in the following financial year.
5
The Auditor General must—
a
examine and certify any accounts submitted under this section, and
b
no later than four months after the accounts are submitted, lay before the Assembly a copy of them as certified by the Auditor General together with the Auditor General's report on them.
6
In examining accounts submitted under this section the Auditor General must, in particular, be satisfied—
a
that the expenditure to which the accounts relate has been incurred lawfully and in accordance with the authority which governs it, and
b
that money received by the Assembly Commission for a particular purpose or particular purposes has not been expended otherwise than for that purpose or those purposes.