(1)For the purposes of this Act the principal accounting officer for the Assembly Commission is the Clerk.
(2)But the Treasury may designate another member of the staff of the Assembly to be the principal accounting officer for the Assembly Commission if and for so long as—
(a)the Clerk is incapable of discharging the responsibilities of the principal accounting officer for the Assembly Commission, or
(b)the office of Clerk is vacant.
(3)The principal accounting officer for the Assembly Commission has—
(a)in relation to the Assembly Commission’s accounts and finances, and
(b)in relation to the performance by persons designated as accounting officers in pursuance of any provision of this Act of their responsibilities as accounting officers,
the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the Treasury.
(4)The principal accounting officer for the Assembly Commission may designate other members of the staff of the Assembly as additional accounting officers.
(5)An additional accounting officer has, in relation to such of the Assembly Commission’s accounts and finances as may be specified by the principal accounting officer for the Assembly Commission, the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the principal accounting officer for the Assembly Commission.