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(1)The accounts of the Authority shall be audited by auditors appointed for each accounting year by the Secretary of State.
(2)A person shall not be qualified for appointment for the purposes of subsection (1) above unless he is—
(a)a member of a body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and recognised for the purposes of section 389(1)(a) of the [1985 c. 6.] Companies Act 1985; or
(b)a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy;
but a firm may be so appointed if each of its members is qualified to be so appointed.
(3)A copy of any accounts of the Authority which are audited under subsection (1) above and of the report made on those accounts by the auditors shall be sent to each of the Ministers as soon as reasonably practicable after the report is received by the Authority; and the Secretary of State shall lay a copy of any accounts or report sent to him under this subsection before Parliament.
(4)The Comptroller and Auditor General shall be entitled to inspect the contents of all books, papers and other records of the Authority relating to, or to matters dealt with in, the accounts required to be kept by virtue of section 121 above; and, accordingly, section 6 of the [1983 c. 44.] National Audit Act 1983 (examinations of economy, efficiency and effectiveness) shall apply to the Authority.
(5)In this section “accounts”, in relation to the Authority, includes any statement under section 121 above.
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