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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-wales-act-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2014/5",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Wales) Act 2014",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/18",
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  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may designate a person to act as the Council's accounting officer.\n(2) The accounting officer has, in relation to the Council's accounts and finances, the responsibilities specified in a direction by the Welsh Ministers.\n(3) The responsibilities that may be specified include responsibilities—\n(a) in relation to the signing of accounts;\n(b) for the propriety and regularity of the Council's finances;\n(c) for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Council uses its resources;\n(d) owed to the Welsh Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales or the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly;\n(e) 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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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 18 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)"
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  },
  "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."
}