Paragraph 14 Accounts and audit
(1)
The statement of accounts and other accounts of the Office relating to each financial year must be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(2)
The Comptroller and Auditor General must send the Office a copy of the report on the accounts audited under sub-paragraph (1).
(3)
The Office must send the Secretary of State—
(a)
a copy of the accounts audited under sub-paragraph (1), and
(b)
the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(4)
The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the documents sent to her under sub-paragraph (3) before Parliament.