SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Powers of National Assembly for Wales: Auditor General for Wales
Assembly Measures
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Schedule 5 to GOWA 2006 (Assembly Measures) is amended as follows.
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In Part 1 (matters), under Field 14 (public administration) insert—
Matter 14.1 The following provision relating to the Auditor General—
a
the following aspects of the Auditor General's terms of appointment—
i
the period of the appointment;
ii
salary, allowances and superannuation benefits;
iii
pensions and gratuities payable after a person has ceased to be Auditor General;
b
the number of times a person may be appointed as Auditor General;
c
restrictions on the other offices and positions which may be held by the Auditor General;
d
activities of a person who has been (but no longer is) Auditor General;
e
provision requiring the Auditor General—
i
to aim to do things efficiently and cost-effectively;
ii
to have regard, as the Auditor General considers appropriate, to the standards and principles that an expert professional provider of accounting or auditing services would be expected to follow;
f
the authorisation of persons to exercise functions of the Auditor General on the Auditor General's behalf (including during a vacancy in the office);
g
the oversight or supervision of the Auditor General or of the exercise of the Auditor General's functions;
h
the provision or use of resources for the purposes of the Auditor General's functions including (in particular)—
i
the employment and use of staff;
ii
the procurement and use of services;
iii
the holding of documents or information;
iv
the keeping of records;
i
the charging of fees or other amounts in relation to functions of—
i
the Auditor General, or
ii
auditors appointed by the Auditor General under an enactment;
j
the restatement of any law relating to the Auditor General.
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1
Part 2 (exceptions to matters and general restrictions) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 3 (restrictions on modifying enactments other than GOWA 2006)—
a
the existing provision is renumbered as sub-paragraph (1), and
b
after that sub-paragraph insert—
2
Sub-paragraph (1), so far as it applies in relation to sections 145, 145A and 146A(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998, does not apply to a provision to which sub-paragraph (3) applies.
3
This sub-paragraph applies to a provision of an Assembly Measure which—
a
is a provision relating to matter 14.1,
b
provides for the enforcement of a provision relating to matter 14.1 or is otherwise appropriate for making such a provision effective, or
c
is otherwise incidental to, or consequential on, such a provision.
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In paragraph 6 (restrictions on amending GOWA 2006), after sub-paragraph (3) insert—
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Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any provision to which paragraph 3(3) applies.
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But, subject to sub-paragraph (6), a provision to which paragraph 3(3) applies cannot modify, or confer power by subordinate legislation to modify, paragraph 3 of Schedule 8.
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Sub-paragraph (5) does not prevent the conferral of functions on a committee of the Assembly that—
a
does not consist of or include any of the following persons—
i
the First Minister or any person designated to exercise functions of the First Minister,
ii
a Welsh Minister appointed under section 48,
iii
the Counsel General or any person designated to exercise the functions of the Counsel General, or
iv
a Deputy Welsh Minister, and
b
is not chaired by an Assembly member who is a member of a political group with an executive role.