138Accounting officers for [F1Senedd] CommissionU.K.
(1)For the purposes of this Act the principal accounting officer for the [F1Senedd] Commission is the Clerk.
(2)But the Treasury may designate another member of the staff of the [F1Senedd] to be the principal accounting officer for the [F1Senedd] Commission if and for so long as—
(a)the Clerk is incapable of discharging the responsibilities of the principal accounting officer for the [F1Senedd] Commission, or
(b)the office of Clerk is vacant.
(3)The principal accounting officer for the [F1Senedd] Commission has—
(a)in relation to the [F1Senedd] 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 [F1Senedd] Commission may designate other members of the staff of the [F1Senedd] as additional accounting officers.
(5)An additional accounting officer has, in relation to such of the [F1Senedd] Commission's accounts and finances as may be specified by the principal accounting officer for the [F1Senedd] Commission, the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the principal accounting officer for the [F1Senedd] Commission.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))
Commencement Information
I1This provision in force immediately after "the 2007 election" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))