Estimates
12(1)For each financial year the Auditor General must—
(a)prepare an estimate of the income and expenses of the office of Auditor General, and
(b)submit the estimate to the Audit Committee.
(2)Each estimate must be submitted to the Audit Committee at least five months before the beginning of the financial year to which it relates.
(3)The Audit Committee must—
(a)examine each estimate submitted to it, and
(b)(having done so) lay the estimate before the Assembly with any modifications which the Audit Committee considers appropriate.
(4)Before laying an estimate before the Assembly with modifications the Audit Committee must—
(a)consult the Auditor General, and
(b)take into account any representations which the Auditor General may make.
(5)Nothing in this paragraph authorises the Audit Committee—
(a)to examine that part of any estimate which relates to estimated income or expenses of the office of Auditor General to which sub-paragraph (6) applies, or
(b)to lay an estimate before the Assembly with modifications relating to such estimated income or expenses.
(6)This sub-paragraph applies to estimated income or expenses relating to—
(a)Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27) (best value audits and inspections),
(b)section 33(3)(b) of that Act (grants to the Auditor General), or
(c)Part 2 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23) (local government audit), apart from section 44.