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8(1)Any function of the Auditor General may be exercised by—
(a)a member of the Auditor General’s staff, or
(b)a person providing services to the Auditor General,
who is authorised by the Auditor General for that purpose.
(2)Any function of the Auditor General may be exercised jointly by the Auditor General and a person providing services to the Auditor General who is authorised by the Auditor General for that purpose.
(3)Any provision made under sub-paragraph (1) for the exercise of any function does not affect the responsibility of the Auditor General on whose behalf the function is exercised.
(4)An authority under sub-paragraph (1) to certify or report on accounts (or statements of accounts) within sub-paragraph (5)—
(a)extends only to accounts (or statements) which the Presiding Officer has certified to the Assembly are accounts (or statements) which the Auditor General is unable to certify, or on which the Auditor General is unable to report, in person, and
(b)ceases when the office of Auditor General becomes vacant.
(5)Accounts (or statements of accounts) are within this sub-paragraph if, in accordance with provision made by or under this or any other Act, they—
(a)fall to be examined by the Auditor General, and
(b)are required to be laid before the Assembly.
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