SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Powers of National Assembly for Wales: Auditor General for Wales
3Assembly Measures
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.