98.Paragraph 17 requires the adjudicator to keep proper accounts and gives the Scottish Ministers power to give directions as to the form of those accounts. A copy of the accounts must be sent to the Auditor General for Scotland. This makes the adjudicator subject to sections 21 and 22 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000(5), which includes requirements relevant to the auditing of accounts by the Auditor General for Scotland (for example, that accounts must be sent to the Auditor General no later than 6 months after the end of the financial year to which the account relates).
Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 1). Available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/1/contents.