The following provisions of this section shall have effect without prejudice to the provisions of Part VI of the M1Charities Act 1993.

The accounts of the Council for each year shall be audited by a person appointed by the Council with the approval of the General Synod, being a person eligible under subsection (2) of section 43 of that Act to carry out an audit under that subsection.

The person so appointed shall be deemed, for the purposes of the said Part VI, to have been appointed in pursuance of the said section 43.

The auditor’s report for any year, together with the accounts for that year, shall be laid before the General Synod before the end of June in the following year.