70.These provisions are to ensure that Audit Scotland pay the salary and allowances of, and any expenses incurred by, the Auditor General and make arrangements for the post to be pensionable. Provision is included for Audit Scotland to contribute to a pension scheme or to establish and administer one, as well as to make arrangements for pension and related payments to be made to any person who has ceased to hold the position of Auditor General.
Text created by the Scottish Government to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Acts of the Scottish Parliament except those which result from Budget Bills.
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