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—

    1. a

      the following aspects of the Auditor General’s terms of appointment—

      1. i

        the period of the appointment;

      2. ii

        salary, allowances and superannuation benefits;

      3. iii

        pensions and gratuities payable after a person has ceased to be Auditor General;

    2. b

      the number of times a person may be appointed as Auditor General;

    3. c

      restrictions on the other offices and positions which may be held by the Auditor General;

    4. d

      activities of a person who has been (but no longer is) Auditor General;

    5. e

      provision requiring the Auditor General—

      1. i

        to aim to do things efficiently and cost-effectively;

      2. 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;

    6. 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);

    7. g

      the oversight or supervision of the Auditor General or of the exercise of the Auditor General’s functions;

    8. h

      the provision or use of resources for the purposes of the Auditor General’s functions including (in particular)—

      1. i

        the employment and use of staff;

      2. ii

        the procurement and use of services;

      3. iii

        the holding of documents or information;

      4. iv

        the keeping of records;

    9. i

      the charging of fees or other amounts in relation to functions of—

      1. i

        the Auditor General, or

      2. ii

        auditors appointed by the Auditor General under an enactment;

    10. j

      the restatement of any law relating to the Auditor General.