NAO to provide resources for the Comptroller and Auditor General’s functions
2(1)NAO must provide resources for the Comptroller and Auditor General’s functions as required by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(2)In particular, NAO is responsible for—
(a)employing staff to assist in the carrying out of those functions,
(b)procuring services for the purposes of those functions,
(c)holding documents or information acquired or generated in the course of, or otherwise for the purposes of, those functions (see, further, paragraph 13), and
(d)keeping records in relation to those functions,
as required by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(3)For any financial year the maximum amount of resources that the Comptroller and Auditor General may require for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) is the maximum amount specified for that year under paragraph 1(2)(b).
(4)Sub-paragraph (1) is also subject to paragraph 3.