PART IIIMISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Property held by Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland13

In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987F1 after paragraph 1 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

1A

1

The Comptroller and Auditor General may, for the purposes of his functions as such, acquire, hold and dispose of real or personal property.

2

Any real or personal property vesting in the Comptroller and Auditor General for such purposes shall (unless and until disclaimed or disposed of) vest in his successor in office for the time being.

3

Where there is a vacancy in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General at the time when real or personal property would otherwise have vested, the property shall vest and be deemed to have vested in the successor on his appointment.