46Codes of practice
(1)A code of practice under section 4 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (c. 18) must include provision prescribing the way in which persons appointed under this Chapter by the Audit Commission are to carry out their functions under section 45.
(2)A person so appointed must, in the exercise of their functions under section 45, comply with such provision of such a code as is for the time being in force.
(3)Where provision under subsection (1) is included in a code of practice under section 4 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 for the first time, the inclusion is to be regarded as an alteration for the purposes of subsection (5) of that section.
(4)A code of practice under section 16 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23) must include provision prescribing the way in which persons appointed under this Chapter by the Auditor General for Wales are to carry out their functions under section 45.
(5)A person so appointed must, in the exercise of their functions under section 45, comply with such provision of such a code as is for the time being in force.