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The Auditor General for Wales (Transfer of Functions) (General Teaching Council for Wales) Order 2001
Legislation
King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2021-09-03
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW DEVOLUTION, WALES
The Order, which comes into force on 1st August 2001, is made under section 146 of the Government of Wales Act 1998. Article 2 of the Order transfers to the Auditor General for Wales the functions of the Comptroller and Auditor General in relation to the accounts of the General Teaching Council for Wales under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998. Article 3 of the Order provides that the Auditor General for Wales shall lay copies of the statement of accounts of that Council and of his report thereon before the National Assembly for Wales. The General Teaching Council for Wales was established on 1st September 2000: see articles 1 and 2 of the General Teaching Council for Wales Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2911). It exercises in relation to Wales functions that in England are exercised by the General Teaching Council for England. The first statement of accounts of the General Teaching Council for Wales are prepared in relation to the financial year ending 31st March 2001. Those accounts will in consequence of the Order be submitted, by 31st August 2001, to the Auditor General for Wales and not the Comptroller and Auditor General.