PART 1AUDITOR GENERAL FOR WALES

CHAPTER 1THE OFFICE OF AUDITOR GENERAL FOR WALES

3Resignation or removal

1

A person appointed as Auditor General holds office until the end of the period for which the person was appointed (subject to subsections (2) and (3)).

2

Her Majesty may relieve a person from office as Auditor General before the end of the period for which the person was appointed—

a

at the person’s request, or

b

on Her Majesty being satisfied that the person is incapable for medical reasons of performing the duties of the office and of requesting to be relieved of it.

3

Her Majesty may remove a person from office as Auditor General before the end of the period for which the person was appointed on the making of a recommendation, on the ground of the person’s misbehaviour, that Her Majesty should do so.

4

A recommendation for the removal of a person from office as Auditor General may not be made unless—

a

the National Assembly has resolved that the recommendation should be made, and

b

the resolution of the Assembly is passed on a vote in which the number of Assembly members voting in favour is not less than two-thirds of the total number of Assembly seats.