(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends section 145B(5)(b) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 by removing the reference to members of the staff of the Auditor General for Wales (“the AGW”).
This Order also amends section 68 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 to substitute references to the Wales Audit Office (“the WAO”) for references to the AGW.
These amendments are made as a result of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (“the Act”) which makes provision reforming public audit arrangements in Wales. The Act prescribes that the office of the AGW is to continue, but upon specified terms and creates a new corporate body, the WAO, upon which it confers functions. It also provides for the transfer of the staff of the AGW to the WAO.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice in the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this instrument.