Accounting officer
16(1)The accounting officer for the Wales Audit Office is the Auditor General.
(2)“The Wales Audit Office” means the Auditor General and the members of the staff of the Auditor General.
(3)But the Audit Committee may designate a member of the staff of the Auditor General to be the accounting officer if and for so long as —
(a)the Auditor General is incapable of discharging the responsibilities of the accounting officer, or
(b)the office of Auditor General is vacant.
(4)The accounting officer for the Wales Audit Office has, in relation to the accounts of the Auditor General and the finances of the Wales Audit Office, the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the Audit Committee.
(5)If requested to do so by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, the Audit Committee may—
(a)on behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts take evidence from the accounting officer for the Wales Audit Office, and
(b)report to the Committee of Public Accounts and transmit to that Committee any evidence so taken.