Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011

Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011

2011 CHAPTER 4

Commentary on Sections and Schedules

Schedule 4: Transitional provisions relating to Part 2

Paragraph 5: Old Comptroller and Auditor General to continue to be Comptroller and Auditor General

217. Paragraph 5 provides that the person who is C&AG immediately before the appointed day will continue to hold the office of C&AG and be treated as if appointed under the provisions of this Act. Although that person will have been appointed under the old legislation for an unlimited term, sub-paragraph (2) provides for the ten-year period of office of section 11(6) to apply. The ten-year period begins from the day that person took office under the old legislation. The new remuneration arrangements under section 13 will apply but will not cover any period before the appointed day, that is, a day appointed for the purposes of this paragraph by an order made by the Treasury. The appointment of a new C&AG designate was announced in January 2009. On 1 June 2009, Amyas Morse was appointed as the new C&AG under the current legislation.