Previous Auditor General to continue to be Auditor General
1(1)This paragraph applies to the person who is the Auditor General immediately before the appointed day.
(2)On and after the appointed day the person—
(a)continues to be the Auditor General and is treated as having been appointed to that office under Part 1 of this Act;
(b)holds the office for 8 years less a period equal to that during which the person was the Auditor General before the appointed day.
(3)The person’s remuneration arrangements under section 7 are to be made by the National Assembly before the appointed day (but are not to cover any period before the appointed day).
(4)But before those arrangements can be made, the First Minister must be consulted.
(5)In this paragraph “the appointed day” means the day on which this paragraph comes into force.