7(1)The Treasury shall designate one of the Forestry Commissioners or an officer of the Forestry Commissioners as the Forestry Commissioners' accounting officer for Wales.
(2)The person designated as the Forestry Commissioners' accounting officer for Wales shall have, in relation to the Welsh finances of the Forestry Commissioners and to accounts relating to the Welsh finances of the Forestry Commissioners, the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the Treasury.
(3)In this paragraph references to responsibilities include in particular—
(a)responsibilities in relation to the signing of accounts,
(b)responsibilities for the propriety and regularity of finances, and
(c)responsibilities for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the resources of the Forestry Commissioners are used in discharging their functions in relation to Wales.
(4)The responsibilities which may be specified under this paragraph include responsibilities owed to—
(a)the Assembly or the Audit Committee, or
(b)the House of Commons or its Committee of Public Accounts.
(5)If requested to do so by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, the Audit Committee may—
(a)on behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts take evidence from the Forestry Commissioners' accounting officer for Wales, and
(b)report to the Committee of Public Accounts and transmit to that Committee any evidence so taken.