SCHEDULES

[F1Examination] of Commission by Comptroller and Auditor GeneralU.K.

Examination of Commission: devolved Welsh elections and referendumsU.K.

[F216C(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the Commission submit to the Llywydd's Committee both an estimate under paragraph 16A(3) and a plan under paragraph 16B(2).

(2)For the purpose of assisting the Llywydd's Committee to discharge its functions under paragraphs 16A and 16B, the Comptroller and Auditor General must, before the Llywydd's Committee considers the estimate and plan—

(a)carry out an examination into the economy, efficiency or effectiveness (or, if the Comptroller and Auditor General so determines, any combination of them) with which the Commission have used their resources in discharging their functions in relation to devolved Welsh elections and devolved Welsh referendums (or, if the Comptroller and Auditor General so determines, any of those functions),

(b)report to the Llywydd's Committee the results of the examination, and

(c)include in the report such recommendations as the Comptroller and Auditor General considers appropriate in the light of the examination.

(3)Sub-paragraph (4) applies where the Commission—

(a)submit an estimate to the Llywydd's Committee under paragraph 16A(3) but are not required to submit a plan under paragraph 16B(2), or

(b)submit a revised estimate to the Llywydd's Committee under paragraph 16A(4).

(4)For the purpose of assisting the Llywydd's Committee to discharge its functions under paragraph 16A, the Comptroller and Auditor General may, before the Llywydd's Committee considers the estimate⁠—

(a)carry out a further examination into the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a),

(b)report to the Llywydd's Committee the results of the examination, and

(c)include in the report such recommendations as the Comptroller and Auditor General considers appropriate in the light of the examination.

(5)Section 8 of the National Audit Act 1983 (right to obtain documents and information) applies in relation to any examination under this paragraph as it applies in relation to an examination under section 6 of that Act.

(6)See also section 19 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (which enables the Wales Audit Office to make arrangements for any function of a public authority or office holder to be exercised by the Auditor General for Wales).]