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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/democracy-and-boundary-commission-cymru-etc-act-2013/section-16",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2013/4",
  "legislation_title": "Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/democracy-and-boundary-commission-cymru-etc-act-2013",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Accounting officer",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers must designate a person to act as the Commission's accounting officer.\n(2) The accounting officer has, in relation to the Commission's accounts and finances, the responsibilities specified in a direction by the Welsh Ministers.\n(3) The responsibilities that may be specified include—\n(a) responsibilities in relation to the signing of accounts;\n(b) responsibilities for the propriety and regularity of the Commission's finances;\n(c) responsibilities for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Commission uses its resources;\n(d) responsibilities owed to the Welsh Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales or the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly;\n(e) responsibilities owed to the House of Commons or the Committee of Public Accounts of that House.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2013/4/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:31.037751+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}