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Statutory Instruments
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW DEVOLUTION, WALES
Made
10th July 2001
Laid before Parliament
11th July 2001
Coming into force
1st August 2001
The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers vested in him by section 146 of the Government of Wales Act 1998(1), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Auditor General for Wales (Transfer of Functions) (General Teaching Council for Wales) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st August 2001.
2.—(1) In relation to the accounts of the General Teaching Council for Wales, the functions of the Comptroller and Auditor General under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(2), as applied to that Council by article 3 of the General Teaching Council for Wales Order 1998(3), are transferred to the Auditor General for Wales.
(2) In relation to the functions transferred under the preceding paragraph, paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 1 to the said Act of 1998 shall have effect as if for the requirement to lay before Parliament copies of the statement of accounts of the General Teaching Council for Wales and of the report thereon, there were substituted a requirement for the Auditor General for Wales to lay those documents before the National Assembly for Wales.
Paul Murphy
Secretary of State for Wales
10th July 2001
(This note is not part of the Order)
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.