Explanatory Notes

Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000

2000 asp 1

17 January 2000

The Act

Section 23: Economy, Efficiency and Effectiveness Examinations

Subsection (4)

122.This subsection ensures that the Auditor General for Scotland may only initiate a vfm study on a body or office holder if he/she reasonably believes that in the period in question, the body or office-holder received more than a quarter of its income, or more than £500,000 from public funds. Any vfm study should endeavour to consider only those activities of the body or office holder that involve the use of public funds.