SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Accounts and audit

Accounts under F1section 7 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000

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(1)

Any functions of the Treasury under F2section 7 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2), be exercisable in relation to the Agency with the consent of the other relevant authorities and after consulting the Agency.

(2)

The consent of a relevant authority is not required if the operations concerned do not include operations carried out in or in relation to the jurisdiction for which it is the relevant authority.

(3)

If a direction under F3section 7of that Act is given in respect of the Agency, that section shall have effect as if any reference to Parliament or the House of Commons included a reference to each of the other relevant bodies, other than the relevant body for any jurisdiction referred to in sub-paragraph (2).