Explanatory Notes

Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000

2000 asp 1

17 January 2000

The Act

Section 19: Duty to Prepare Accounts

Subsection (8)

99.The accounts of Audit Scotland must be sent to the Scottish Commission for Public Audit for Auditing. The Commission will appoint auditors under section 25. This avoids, in effect, Audit Scotland being involved in the audit of their own accounts.